Bratakus - Final Girls

  

  Bratakus (https://www.facebook.com/Bratakus) are Breagha Cuinn (guitar/vocals) and Onnagh Cuinn (bass), 2 sisters from the far north of Scotland. They're a noise drenched duo who first featured on this blog 8 years ago with a track from their debut album Target Grrrl  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/09/bratakus-no-more-love-songs.html

  They've not been overly prolific as of late, I see news of the occasional gig but their last release was 2001's Ghouls Night Out single.

  But now they're back with a new single. Nothing much seems to have changed, their sound is still as powerful as ever and they still write horror themed lyrics. The only surprise is that this time around they aren't releasing at Halloween (their favourite time of the year). This time they're unleashing the single to coincide with their appearance at this weekend's Manchester Punk Festival. 

  The single is available on Venn Records and was produced by Johan Gustafsson of The Hives at Studio Gröndahl, Sweden. Grab it here : https://bratakus.bandcamp.com/album/final-girls

  This sounds to me as good as anything they've released previously, it's vicious and catchy. It's called Final Girls... (I think there's a proper video coming tomorrow so I'll edit it in once it drops). 

Apes Of The State - Punk Rock Shows in Heaven

  

  One sad aspect of doing the Just Some Punk Songs show for pretty much all of the past decade is that there's been a few loyal and regular listeners who have become good friends but who've sadly passed away during that time. When I heard today's song I immediately thought of them so this update is dedicated to Bill, Nan, Stef and any other listener who's no longer with us. 

  Apes Of The State (https://www.facebook.com/apesofthestate) are from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and they play folk punk. It's a genre of punk music that some people seem averse to but I'm not sure why. There's plenty of great folk punk releases out there. 

  Apes Of The State have been around even longer than the Just Some Punk Songs show and they're readying to release a new album titled What's Another Night? It'll be out next week :  https://apesofthestate.bandcamp.com/album/whats-another-night

  This is the song that had me raising a glass to fallen punk rock comrades, it's called Punk Rock Shows In Heaven... 

Are there punk rock shows in heaven
Are you push moshing are you crowd surfing
Are the kids still hooked on heroin
Or have they found a way to cope without that trash
I hope you found a way to right your wrongs
And that you make a cool band and write some songs
And that you overthrow your government
Find a way to make things work without that trash
I wanna know if you’ll ever grow up
Or if you’re 25 forever
With that Bad Brains t-shirt on
That you were wearing the day I met ya
In the rehab parking lot, Central Pennsylvania
Now I wear it when I miss ya
You told me once
It was one of the few things you had left
From when you were just a kid
That you never lost
Now it’s one of the few things I have left
To remember the time we spent
Now that you’re gone
I’m writing letters on your Facebook wall
Some days it’s hard to believe that you’re really gone
The only difference between you and me
Is a breath of air some body heat
But when I play our favorite CDs in the car on repeat
It feels like you’re here with me
So if you hear this song in heaven
If you’re push moshing and you’re crowd surfing
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope
And I’m not sure I believe in heaven
But if you’re somewhere and you can hear this
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope without that

Leatherman - Cigarettes Will Thrill U

   "Starting fights, getting drunk, like a cunt..."

  Leatherman are the Melbourne power pop quintet who I posted on here about 18 months ago  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/10/leatherman-telephone.html.  I mentioned I could hear traces of a few bands in their sound, one of them being Thin Lizzy, and Thin Lizzy were mentioned again yesterday in the chatroom when I played today's featured song on the show. 

  The song is the opening track on their debut album Turn You On. The album is a collection of catchy gems, most if not all would make great singles. This band don't do filler. Harmonies, riffs, big choruses... this band excel at all of them. Let Leatherman turn you on, get the album here :  https://leathermanridesfree.bandcamp.com/album/turn-you-on-3

   This is Cigarettes Will Thrill U... 

  

MK ULTRAS - Pray For Us

 

 " Pray for us
 We don't fit in "

  MK ULTRAS (https://www.facebook.com/mkultrasofficial) are from Cleveland, Ohio and I first became aware of them last year when they released a Self Titled 12" ("8 tracks packed full with raw rock action. Riffs rip through like chainsaws and the bashing in of the drum kit is kin to shotgun blasts ricocheting through tin tunnels"). 

  They're back again with a new ep titled Disband I. It says on their Bandcamp page that the 4 songs were by Clevo sk8 punk legends Disband. I tried to check out those original versions but could find no mention of them anywhere. 

  The ep is available on 7" vinyl from Mandinga Records (Brazil) and it's definitely well worth checking out : https://mkultras.bandcamp.com/album/disband-i

  I was going to highlight Teenage Revolt, it's such a great and timeless sounding punk classic but then the final track on the ep lodged itself into my brain and wouldn't shake itself loose. It's a mid paced anthem with harmonies to die for. This is Pray For Us... 

Diaz Brothers - My World

    

  Cover versions of songs you loved when you were a kid can be a bit of a mixed bag. This one's one of the few that match the original. Hopefully you guys agree.

  Diaz Brothers (https://www.facebook.com/DiazBrothersSunderland) are from Sunderland and were formed from the ashes of HDQ following the sad passing of Dickie Hammond. I featured a track from their debut album 5 years ago https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/06/diaz-brothers-melancholy-hand-grenades.html

  They're releasing a new album on June 6th which will be called The World Is Yours. It'll be on Serial Bowl Records on various vinyl variants, ltd edition cd and digital download  https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-yours

  Going off the evidence of their teaser single By My Side (https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/by-my-side-my-world-7), this is a band that are sounding better than ever. I think I mentioned recently that there's a signature sound when it comes to music from the North East of England, there's a definite Leatherface influence on a number of melodic punk bands from that area. All those bands sound great and Diaz Brothers are up there with the best of them. 

  This is the flip side of the single. It was originally by mod band Secret Affair and featured on their 1980 album Behind Closed Doors. The first single from the album, it peaked at number 16 in the UK singles chart. A song about disillusionment that can accompany the experience of feeling stuck in a routine, living in the same world day after day, it's called My World...

I can feel that taste for life slipping away,
And striking the lost chord I find nothing new to say
Someone told me I'm all dressed with nowhere to go,
I should have that sinking feeling, my head hung low,

But this is my world today
My world your living in every day
And this is my world today
And I couldn't have it any other way
In my world

Well the mind has its reasons for talking aloud
But when people turn and stare, I just feel so proud
The things they say won't come as any surprise
In an instant they become distant cries

But this is my world today
My world your living in every day
And this is my world today
And I couldn't have it any other way
In my world, my world, my world, my world today
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever,

Dead Pioneers - Love Language

  

  Wow!

  I've been waiting with bated breath for the new album by Dead Pioneers (https://www.facebook.com/dead.pioneers), the band from Denver, Colorado who released a much loved Self Titled debut back in 2023. 

  The new album is out today (vinyl, cd, digital) via Hassel Records (https://hasslerecords.com/) and it's titled Po$t American. I'm sure there'll be plenty of proper reviews explaining how the band deal with indigenous American culture and it's ruination/exploitation by white settlers and their descendants. This is a band with plenty to say about both modern day culture and historical atrocities. 

  Me however, as is my brief for this blog will just point you in the direction of the music and then highlight a song for you. https://deadpioneers.bandcamp.com/album/po-t-american

  Boasting a line up of Lee Tesche (Bass Guitar), Shane Zweygardt (Drums), Joshua Rivera (Guitar),  Abe Brennan (Guitar) & Gregg Deal (Lead Vocals), this track also features a guest contribution from Petrol Girls' vocalist Ren Aldridge. It deals with manly inadequacies and the patriarchal society and it's really rather spectacular. It's called Love Language... 

Irked - Sooprize Package For Mr Mineo

  

  Irked (https://www.facebook.com/irkedband) are the Newcastle Upon Tyne quintet who exploded onto the scene towards the end of 2023 with a brilliant song called Backstreets. That track was a calling card for the band's debut ep (https://irked1.bandcamp.com/album/ep) which was as good as you get as far as introductions go. I featured one of the highlights from it here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/07/irked-crippling-empath.html

  They're back now with a new ep which assures us that first release wasn't a fluke. It's titled The Hardest Man In Billingham and all 3 tracks are great. I played the title track on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show. Song 2 is a joyful fuck you to being told what to do at the weekend (it's a cover of this Dan Sartain banger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-BR15taYs) and the concluding track is a very fine reimagining of a song that first appeared on Supercharger's classic 1991 Self Titled album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksbSnGzw4A). 

  The ep's available on vinyl & digital :                                                         https://irked1.bandcamp.com/album/the-hardest-man-in-billingham

  A wonderful garage punk stomp, this is Sooprize Package For Mr Mineo...

I was walking with a friend of mine
Doing nothing just a passin' time
Got a notion that'll do you good
Eat a pizza down in hollywood
In the alley behind the laundromat
Stab the motherfucker in the back!

Marlon Brando & Jimmy Dean
Stupid clowns didn't mean a thing
I don't really care if he was gay
Was he cuter than Doris Day
With his shoes and his tailored slacks
Stab the motherfucker in the back!

The Oidz - Jackin off in the U.F.O

  

  The Oidz are a Leeds based egg punk quartet featuring Ben Parry (Guitar/Vocals), Luc Gibbons (Drums), Jack Devlin (Bass/Vocals) & Summer Crane (Vocals/Synth/Samples). 

  They've just released an ep on Barcelona label Prison Records which features "4 songs about intergalactic masturbation, incels, and ray gun toting lovers." 

  As I was hunting down a bit of info on them I noticed Louder Than War had already reviewed the ep so I'll just point you in that direction if you want to know more :                                  https://louderthanwar.com/the-oidz-self-titled-review/

  I'll just post the link to the ep and mention it's got a vinyl release :  https://prisonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-oidz-the-oidz

  

  This song's the intergalactic masturbation one, it's called Jackin off in the U.F.O... 

Takers and Users - Side By Side

    

(photo : Paul McWilliams)

  A welcome return to Just Some Punk Songs today for Belfast working class oi outfit Takers and Users (https://www.facebook.com/takersandusers). As I've mentioned previously (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/takers-users-glory-days.html), their Backbars and Alleyways lp (https://takersusers.bandcamp.com/album/backbars-and-alleyways) was my favourite album of 2016. So it's no surprise I'm looking forward to the release of a brand new album (it's been a while guys!). 

  The band decided to call it Ten Year Hangover as a nod to the time they've been together but they admit it's taken a while to get things completed so Eleven Year Hangover would be more appropriate. Anyway, watch out for it, there's no release date as of yet but it'll be sometime this year on Randale Records.  

  This is a taste of what to expect. It's called Side By Side... 

  

  

Love Collector - Music For Morons

  

  I've played a few songs by Austin, Texas band Love Collector on the show in the last year or so (they released a very fine ep last August https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/album/first-night-last-night-of-leather) but I'd forgotten I'd featured them on the blog back in 2020 when I posted their cover of Good Throb's Toner Loner.  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/08/love-collector-toner-loner.html

  The song you'll find below is taken from a compilation album from Fake Sex Tape titled FST Compilation #1. It features "Various Motherfuckers From Around The World Playing Punk And Garage Music" and you can find it here : https://fakesextape.bandcamp.com/album/fst-compilation-1

  This is Music For Morons... 

Cold Meat - Prick at the Pub

  

  It was only a couple of weeks ago when I was telling you about a new Demo from Amerol (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/03/amerol-security-breach.html) that I was getting all nostalgic over Perth band Cold Meat. Amerol feature vocalist Ashley Ack and guitarist K-Hole from Cold Meat so in my mind I was resigned to Cold Meat being no more.

  So I'm overjoyed to be proven wrong. There's a new ep out on 18th April and it's gloriously titled Cake And Arse Party. It'll be available from Static Shock Records on vinyl and digital download :  https://staticshockrecords.limitedrun.com/products/866001-cold-meat-cake-and-arse-party-7-preorder-ships-april-18th  

https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cake-and-arse-party

      Showcasing Ashley's superbly strident vocal delivery (she's this generation's Eve Libertine and one of my favourite current vocalists), this is the lead track. It's called Prick at the Pub... 

BIG MESS - Terry

    

  Big Mess (https://www.facebook.com/bigmessdk) are from Copenhagen and yes, you guessed it they've featured on here previously (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/11/big-mess-venus-in-bovver-boots.html / https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/10/big-mess-walk-all-over-me.html) with a cover of a Nips song and also a track that had me describing them as big, brash and bouncy. 

  Today sees them return in equally ebullient form with a teaser for their new 7". Available via Specialist Subject Records and Bandcamp in several different packages you'll find more details here :     https://specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/products/big-mess-terry-ep-7 and here :   https://bigmessdk.bandcamp.com/album/terry-ep

  They've also a few UK gigs lined up this week : 

 3RD APRIL - The Lughole, Sheffield with Coughin Vicars, The Dogs & Desired Effect

 4TH APRIL - The Waiting Room, London with Trash Culture & Leigh Arthur

 5TH APRIL - The Royal Oak, Bath with Gimic & Hektics

 6TH APRIL - Exchange, Bristol (matinee) with Gimic & Bruno and the Outrageous Methods of   Presentation

  You know how some songs have a highly infectious chorus? Well the title track is pretty much like that all the way through. It's a high energy cover of this 1983 Kirsty MacColl single (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivL4QdtiuM) which was also covered by Tracy Ullman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uhz9sGJLqcA) and it's called Terry... 

Sympos - boots & ballads

    

  It's been 5 years since Waterford oi! outfit Sympos (https://www.facebook.com/sympathychips) first featured on Just Some Punk Songs (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/12/sympos-on-scratcher.html) but they're back today with a track from their new album. 

  The album's titled To The Dogs and it's rather grand. A dozen tracks and not a duff one amongst them. You can get it on vinyl here : https://linktr.ee/sympos and as a digital download here :  https://sympos.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-dogs

  They've released a video to accompany the title track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tr3jboQd1M) but as I often do I'm not going with the obvious choice. I'm highlighting the one that was written by and features a guest contribution from Ryan O'Keefe and is named after a 2009 album by Irish legends Runnin' Riot. Modern day Oi doesn't get much better than this. This is Boots & Ballads.... 

Tin Ribs - Back to the Crawl Space

  

  It's that "this one went down well on last night's show" time of the week...

  Tin Ribs (https://www.facebook.com/tinribsband) are from Newcastle, they formed in 2022 and feature a line up of Jason Jones (vocals), Rob Milligan (guitar), Dan Ord (bass) and Luke Rodwell (drums). Their first proper release was last year's Council Pop ep which you can find here :  https://tinribs.bandcamp.com/album/council-pop

  Now they return with a new song which is about bailing out on a night out to go and get plastered in the gaps between the walls of your house instead. A true pandemic lockdown occurrence for vocalist Jason, it's an impressively rocking slice of punk tuneage. You can find it as a name your price download on the Serial Bowl Bandcamp page  https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-the-crawl-space

  It's called Back To The Crawlspace... 

NiiS - New Pig

    

  Los Angeles quartet NiiS (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571984566526&locale=ne_NP) currently seem to be building up a head of steam. I've played a few tracks by them on recent shows and the feedback is always full of high praise. 

  I featured them on here 3 years ago with their heartfelt fuck you of a song (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/niis-fuck-you-boy.html). 

  Since then they've been honing their sound without dissipating any of their raw energy and they've just unleashed a beast of an album titled NiiS World. (I guess I better mention for those new to the band their name is pronounced Nice). 

  The album's available on ltd edition coloured vinyl (and numbers are running very low as I type this so be quick if you want one) and digital download https://niisla.bandcamp.com/album/niis-world 

  We're very lucky at the moment to be blessed with a number of awesome bands playing raging yet ever so catchy punk music (such as Slaughterhouse, Scowl, Mannequin Pussy etc) and maybe I'm biased but I usually seem to favour strong female vocals when choosing songs for the blog or show. 

  They released a few songs from the album as singles and they were great. The song I'm featuring is one you may not have heard yet if you're only familiar with those singles but it highlights both the power and the melody of the band to great effect. It's called New Pig... 

Blowers - Tony's in Hospital

  

  Anyone remember this Just Some Punk Songs update I posted a couple of years ago?  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/04/blowers-wipe-my-ass.html

  It was a song by Melbourne band Blowers (https://www.facebook.com/blowersband) which I said will get you into your happy place. It had an accompanying video of the band joyfully twanging & banging away at their instruments in an enclosed space. It was simple but very effective. 

  Well they've just done it again with the video for one of the songs on their upcoming album Blowmania. The album will be released by Chaputa Records (EU) & Trash Cult Records (AU) on April 28th (vinyl & digital) and it's sure to be a garage punk delight.   https://chaputarecords.bandcamp.com/album/blowmania

  

    If you want more from them, they've also just released a split ep with Berlin band S.U.G.A.R (both bands will be touring Europe this May) https://aliensnatch.bandcamp.com/album/s-u-g-a-r-blowers

  These guys are so much fun! This is Tony's In Hospital... 

Taker - Work

  

  A quick shout out today for a very cool ep that I missed at the end of last year. 

  Taker are an "oi/punk/rock’n’roll band from Buffalo, NY featuring members of Violent Way, Corvo, Healer, They Live, Big Dog, Big School, Candy and more!"  They're tagged as skinhead rock n roll and oi but I'm pretty sure they've a few Ramones albums in their collections. 

  Last December saw the release of a 4 song self titled ep. The cassette version is sold out but you can snap up the digital as a name your price download : https://taker-oi.bandcamp.com/album/taker-ep

  I'm late to the party but I'm hoping there'll be more music from them soon. 

  This track's called Work... 

Vampire Slumber Party (Feat Frankie Stubbs) - The Call From Tacoma

    

  I do like a bit of Vampire Slumber Party (https://www.facebook.com/vampireslumberparty). The London pop punk outfit are headed up by Yusuf Laher (vocals/guitar/drums) and I featured a song by them from my favourite release of theirs (thus far), here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/03/vampire-slumber-party-vincent-van-go-go.html

  That release was a self titled album from 2023 and it definitely rewarded repeat listening as the songs seeped into your consciousness with me pretty much playing them on a loop on Youtube. 

  So I've got high hopes for the upcoming album, Holes. It'll be out on April 9th and there'll be a variant of it on a cool looking transparent bright orange & sunset yellow cassette - via Cat's Claw Records.

  There's been a drip feed of singles from the album which you can check out here :  https://vampireslumberparty.bandcamp.com/ 

  This latest single features a guest appearance by one of the UK's greatest vocalists Frankie Stubbs (the Leatherface frontman is currently a member of new Sunderland band Roach Squad and sung on this song on their debut album https://roachsquad.bandcamp.com/track/i-wonder). Also featuring is Closey Amy from UK pop skate punk band Zypmouth (https://zypmouth.bandcamp.com/music) on vocals & bass. 

  This is The Call From Tacoma... 

Fugitive Bubble - Steel Dust Mites

  

  Fugitive Bubble are a hardcore punk band from Olympia, Washington who first came onto my radar when they released their debut album, Delusion, almost exactly 2 years ago :   https://stuccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/delusion-2

  They return today with one of the teaser tracks from album number 2. It's getting an April 11th release (vinyl & digital) via Sorry State Records and it'll be titled What Will Happen If We Stop?   https://sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-will-happen-if-we-stop

  It'll see the band lining up with a new drummer, Typhoid Mary from Physique, alongside Harley Moore (vocals/bass) & Kurt Stevens (vocals/guitar). We're promised a dozen tracks of high-energy art punk. 

  This is the one that particularly caught my attention, it's called Steel Dust Mites...

Viagra Boys — The Bog Body

  

  You've quite possibly already heard today's song. It's certainly been viewed plenty on Youtube despite only being unleashed yesterday. It's by Stockholm post punkers Viagra Boys (https://www.facebook.com/viagraboys) and it's their first Just Some Punk Songs blog appearance since 2022 (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/04/viagra-boys-aint-no-thief.html).

  They're a band you never quite know what you're going to get and I'm sure their upcoming album viagr aboys will be a delight when it comes out on their own Shrimptech Enterprises label April 25th.  https://shop.vboysstockholm.com/

  This is the 3rd single from the album (I preferred 1st single Man Made Of Meat to the follow up Uno II but both hinted at a diverse and very fine release) and it got inside my head immediately. I had to share it despite it no doubt being shared by everyone else and his dog. 

  Fun, catchy and just that little bit different from everything else that's around at the moment, this is The Bog Body...

You can’t believe it They found a body buried under the ice It is in pristine shape Her hair and nails do look really nice How come you are upset, do you think she’s a threat to you? I can’t help if I’m impressed it has nothing to do with you You are consumed by jealousy, You are completely obsessed with The bog body You say you hate the swamp woman What the hell are you on about Do you even know the difference Between a swamp and an ancient bog In a bog you are pickled, in a swamp you would decompose You’re just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose You are consumed by jealousy You are obsessed with the bog, the bog body You are consumed by jealousy You are obsessed with the bog, the bog body Look at her skin Look at her nose Feel her hair Touch her clothes Look at her skin She’s so old She’s so old she's so old Look at her skin Look at her nose Feel her hair Touch her clothes She’s so old She’s so old She’s so beautiful Ooh You are consumed by jealousy You are obsessed with the bog, the bog body You are consumed by jealousy You are obsessed with the bog, the bog body

Spiky Brats - Beerbrats

  

  "I don't know anything about Korean band Spikey Brats" is what I was going to start this first paragraph with but then I did a Facebook search to check if they were on there and it turned out I'd posted a song by them (this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tWnHlLvcY) in the Facebook group The strange, obscure, diy and outsider music back in 2015. 

  They're a pogo punk band, a happier Casualties... big hair and fast tunes. Think of bands such as Drinking Boys and Girls Choir and Rumkicks and you won't be a million miles away. 

  I'm not sure where you can buy this song from but I do know that it brightened up my Monday morning so I'm posting it here. Enjoy.

It's called Beerbrats... 

  

JODIE FASTER - Bedtime For Diplomacy

  

  JODIE FASTER (https://www.facebook.com/JODIEFASTER59) are from Lille and have been "playing short songs fast" since 2016. They last featured on here 5 years ago   https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/01/jodie-faster-push-button.html

   They've a new album out later this week titled Saint Lundi and going off the evidence of the teaser single those songs are going to be as short and fast as ever.  https://spasticfantastic.bandcamp.com/album/jodie-faster-saint-lundi

  It'll also be available on vinyl next month via a bunch of different labels - Belgium : Loner Cult Records - France : DON'T TRUST THE HYPE recordz - Germany : Spastic Fantastic Records - Hungary : Drinkin' Beer In Bandana Records - Lithuania : PASIDARYK PATS records - Spain : La Agonía de Vivir - United Kingdom : TNSrecords - USA : No Time Records Tape version on : - France : Dispear Records and DEAF PUNX records - USA : NO TIME records

  This is Bedtime For Diplomacy...

This time it's sure. The limits are crossed. each of your actions, Just makes me sick. each of your words, Just reminds me... how stupid you are. Now stop talking. Bedtime for diplomacy. Bedtime for diplomacy. Can't take it anymore. Bedtime for diplomacy. This has been goin'for too long. for too long for too long One fuckin'more time. Once too often. You're drooling acid. And you don't think. We tried too many times, to explain to you. You don't wanna hear. And we warned you. Bedtime for diplomacy. Bedtime for diplomacy. Can't take it anymore. Bedtime for diplomacy. This has been goin'for too long. for too long for too long This is the end of the fuckin’line.

Bovver Bailey - Round The Back Of The Azad

  

  A skinhead rock n roll band from Liverpool today who seem to have been around for maybe 6 years? (they released a demo in 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOA8f-55QiY) but who I've only just come across today..

  They're called Bovver Bailey (https://www.facebook.com/BovverBailey) and they're a quartet (Sid - Vocals, Paul - Guitar, Ged - Bass & Piggy - Drums). They've just released a new ep, I'm guessing it's their debut proper release (though I may be wrong). It's one of the best new working class oi releases I've heard for a while, it's definitely got 70's punk/Quo/glam stomp influences and you can find it here : https://bovverbailey.bandcamp.com/album/round-the-back-of-the-azad

  This is the title track, it's called Round The Back Of The Azad... 

Straight there n' back again N' mind how yer go 'cos the scallies in the alley They reckon, they know That the goth in the offy That got mugged for his bifters Pointed the finger N' somebodys brother got lifted Now there is half a dozen cousins Tearin' round cursin' yer name But they're all just mouth N' they all just talk a good game Seen yer on the corner of Stanley Road Waitin' for a kick off - Ready to go But yer ahl girls always callin' the cops Flashing blue lights across the video shop And if you don't like it & yer feel like fightin' Lad you can go bring yer dad - Alright?! N' anybody else who fancies themselves I'll see yer round the back of the Azad Straight there n' back again in one piece if yer lucky Gettin' rolled for yer dole Outside of the bookies Clobber good n' proper Not one word to the coppers Or I'll see you get stabbed, behind the Happy Shopper! Now there is half a dozen cousins Tearin' round cursin' yer name But they're all just mouth N' they all just talk a good game Seen yer on the corner of Stanley Road Waitin' for a kick off - Ready to go But yer ahl girls always callin' the cops Flashing blue lights across the video shop And if you don't like it & yer feel like fightin' Lad you can go bring yer dad - Alright?! N' anybody else who fancies themselves I'll see yer round the back of the Azad!

AMEROL - Security Breach

  

  It's been 14 months of doing a weekly check on the Helta Skelta Records Bandcamp page hoping for a new release and today it's paid off. And as the cherry on top of the cake it's a new release featuring the distinctive vocal talents of Ashley Ack!

  5 years ago I featured some "BORING MUSIC FOR BORING PEOPLE. SILLY MUSIC FOR SILLY PEOPLE" in the form of a song by Cold Meat https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/02/cold-meat-zz-top-hat.html.   It was one of many highlights from their album of the year contender Hot And Flustered (if you missed it you need to rectify your error immediately  https://heltaskeltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/hot-and-flustered-lp).

  Ashley had previously been on here in 2018 as drummer for Debbie Downers (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/debbie-downers-louis-and-david.html) but I think it's on vocals where she excels. 

  And that's her position, front and centre, with a new band from Perth called AMEROL. She's joined this time around by guitarist K-Hole (he also featured with her in Cold Meat), Morgin (bass) & Jay Hell (drums). 

  They've a Demo cassette due out in a few weeks boasting "six tracks of flat out high energy fucken hardcore." If a few weeks seems a long way off, a couple of the songs are on Bandcamp :  https://heltaskeltarecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo-cs-5

  This is one of them, it's called Security Breach... 

The Gilligans - Violence

  

  Short and sweet today, a song by a band I've just come across. The Gilligans bring us "Rock n Roll from the guts of the Golden State!" They're from Porterville, California and they're reminding me of the simple but very effective budget punk sounds of The Spits and The Ramones. 

  A glance at their Bandcamp page suggests they've been around for a decade but there's very little in the way of releases on there. (There was an album titled 1 released a while back which suggests their releases aren't as few as it may at first appear).

  There is however their split ep with the rather more prolific Fresno one man band Judy & The Donuts (check him out here https://judyandthedonuts.bandcamp.com/).

  The ep will soon be available on 7" vinyl via DelRay Records and you can check it out here :  https://thegilligans.bandcamp.com/album/the-gilligans-judy-the-donuts-split

  This track will feature on the upcoming album 2. The Gilligans are smoking cigarettes and they're ready to fight, this is Violence... 

 

Suicidas - Vértigo

  

  An old favourite today, a song that's just resurfaced on a new compilation so I'm classing it as a new release and sharing it on the blog. 

  Suicidas (https://www.facebook.com/suicidaspunks/) are a punk band from Catalunya who've just had a bunch of their early songs collected together on a retrospective titled Éxitos y Fracasos. It's available on vinyl and digital download from Mallorca label Metadona Records :  https://metadonarecords.bandcamp.com/album/suicidas-xitos-y-fracasos-lp-met-38

  It's a very fine compilation of melodic punk tunes with a mix of both male and female vocals. Fans of the likes of Accidente and Rotura will lap it up. 

  This track was originally released in 2014 on an ep titled No Nos Mata La Muerte. It's called Vértigo...  

Famous Logs In History - Relax

 

  Back in 2022 I featured a song by New York outfit Famous Logs In History (https://www.facebook.com/famouslogsinhistory) of which I commented it's "DIY budget synth infused post punk. It's a fun listen. Check it out if you're looking for something a little different."  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/05/famous-logs-in-history-cactus-pricks.html

  I'd pretty much forgotten about them, assuming they were one of the many bands to shine brightly for a brief moment in the annals of Just Some Punk Songs history and then to be never heard of again. 

  But happily I was wrong as they've just released a new 8 song cassette titled Mind The Bollards. It's limited to only 20 copies so if you want one I wouldn't hang around. If you just want the digital version, it's in the same place : https://famouslogsinhistory.bandcamp.com/album/mind-the-bollards-fw52

  

  This is the opening track and a catchy little beast it is too. It's called Relax... 

Rudimentary Paste - That's Why She Lost Her Job as a Blue Peter Presenter

  

  So today's song is one of those that you gravitate towards it because of the title before realising it's really rather good. It's by a "foamcore" (yeah, fucked if I know what that means too) band from Norwich called Rudimentary Paste (https://www.facebook.com/RudimentaryPaste).

  They're a trio featuring Sim (vocals/guitar), Bob (bass/vocals) & Nigel (drums/vocals) and they debuted this time last year with an ep titled Octopus Milk & Other Tall Tales.

  The new ep features 3 tracks and it's available from Portsmouth label Weekend Offender Records on 7" Lathe Cut Record In Card Sleeve : https://weekendoffenderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thats-why-she-lost-her-job-as-a-blue-peter-presenter-ep

  It's also on there and on the band's own Bandcamp page as a digital download :  https://rudimentarypaste.bandcamp.com/album/thats-why-she-lost-her-job-as-a-blue-peter-presenter

  Reminding me a little of Mclusky, this is the title track. It's called That's Why She Lost Her Job as a Blue Peter Presenter...

She says, drink paint
And I say, no you probably shouldn't drink paint
Shouldn't drink paint
Shouldn't drink
Shouildn't drink paint
Shouldn't drink paint
Drink paint!

She says, eat soap
And I say, no you probably shouldn't eat soap
Shouldn't eat soap
Shouldn't eat
Shouldn't eat soap
Shouldn't eat soap
Eat soap!

Sometimes, she says, you just have to
Eat the apple

Picking the bones of progress of sorts and I am concussed by milky affectation

She says, brush until your gums bleed
And I say, don't brush that hard
Dentists say do not brush that hard

She says, don't eat my filthy bread
She says, don't eat my filthy bread
She says, don't eat my filthy bread
And you definitely shouldn't eat that bread 'cos that bread will definitely kill you

Sometimes, she says, you just have to
Stitch yourself into the walls

Picking the bones of progress of sorts and I am concussed by milky affectation
She's carrying something
Now she is walking
What is she carrying?
Where is she?

I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine

Turn OFF - Skinhead Girls

    

  Turn OFF (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035553116706) are a ska punk rock band from Châtillon Sur Loire, France who I don't think I've come across before but I found myself enjoying their new single. 

  Their previous releases are available on Bandcamp : https://turn-off.bandcamp.com/

  This latest release is both catchy and has a straight forward message. To help convey that message they enlisted the help of women from the alternative scene from all over the world to participate in the project. Those participants being Solweig MONOI, Elisa Los Fastidios, Marie et Véro Carmen Colère, Stef, Stephe, Louise, Mélodie, Jane Dance On Your Grave, Marion, Cath, Dztorb et Ingreen Las Fokin Biches, Coco Ekymose, Céline Psycho Squatt, Rosa The Not Amused, Génessis Falso, Nao, Micky Shock, Anne Stachel, and Nell.

  So check it out, it's called Skinhead Girls...