Gutter - Another Day Another Death

  

  A cover version today of a song that was the opening track on The Mob's 1983 album Let The Tribe Increase. For those that don't know, The Mob were an English anarcho punk band from Yeovil who were active between 1979 and 1983 and who reformed in 2011. 

  There's a new French tribute compilation to them titled Let the tribute increase (a tribute to The Mob). It features a bunch of bands who if I'm honest I've never heard of but they pull off some decent reinterpretations. You can check the comp out here (it's available as a name your price download) :  https://letthetributeincrease.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-tribute-increase-a-tribute-to-the-mob

  Gutter are a hardcore punk band from Lille (https://gutterlille.bandcamp.com/). This is their hard hitting version of Another Day Another Death...

  

I woke up screaming from the nightmare that’s begun again / Cold tears of sweat dripping down my face / I slipped up again, I slipped up again / The radio is playing songs whirling in my head /Another day another death / Another day another death / Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day, another death / The cold and frigid wind that blows through every crack / The wild and tortured dream / the straw that broke the camel’s back / We slipped up again, we slipped up again / And I wanna know why, I wanna know why / Another day another death / Another day another death /Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day another death / I’m reaching out again and clutching flowers thrown in the breeze / They’re all quite meaningless and yet they mean so much to me / We slipped up again by not recalling all the pain / And I wanna know why, I wanna know why / Another day another death / Another day another death/ Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day another death

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...  

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....