Bad Affair - No Way Out

    

  A band today that I first featured back in 2019 (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/04/bad-affair-bad-affair.html).

  Bad Affair (https://www.facebook.com/BadAffairPunk) are a garage punk quartet from Hamburg who sadly are shortly to split up. They're signing off however with a farewell album and it's one that'll make their decision to go their separate ways all the more disappointing.

  It's called We Are Doomed and it's a baker's dozen of punk tunes that are both lively and catchy. Songs about not letting anyone tell you what to do, respecting women's rights to say no, depression and dread. You can pre order the vinyl version or get the name your price download here :  https://badaffair.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-doomed

  This is one of numerous highlights, it's called No Way Out... 

Stuck in a rat race while Slowly getting ground You hate your job but The mortgage must be paid No way out, no way out Yeah you've lost your way out Some weekend getaways, Vacation once a year Is this your life now? Is this what you dreamt of? The grip gets tighter, Everyday it's worse All dreams are long gone You're longing for a noose

Bad Affair - Bad Affair

  I was put onto today's band by Jamie Bay from the Not The Punk Rock Show and was mightily impressed. They're a garage punk 4 piece from Hamburg who (I think) formed in December 2017 and who've recently released a 4 track Demo ep. It'll be available soon on tape (limited to 100 copies) via No Spirit (https://www.facebook.com/nospiritzine/) but is already on Bandcamp as a name your price download : https://badaffair.bandcamp.com/releases

  Now their first release is available, they're preparing to play their first gig. It's on the 12th of this month in Breman. Other gigs they've got line up include a couple of support slots with top Canadian band No Problem. You can get more details here : https://www.facebook.com/BadAffairPunk/

  The Demo is an extremely promising female fronted (I'm not sure it's allowed to call bands female fronted anymore but sod it, I love female fronted bands and it's as good a way as any of describing what the singer sounds like!) debut. It's raucous, it's powerful, it's a blast. It leaves you yearning for more which I suppose is what a good demo should do.

  This is the opening track, I'm guessing it's an autobiographical tale of a relationship that quickly turned sour although feelings still linger. It's called Bad Affair...

when i first met you 
it was all heat and flash 
those days were so intense 
and i thought it was love 

why does it still hurt me? 

later i could see 
what was all obvious 
you were just fucked up 
and i was too naive 

why does it still hurt me? 

it´s said that time heals 
i guess that´s somehow true 
so here´s my goodbye 
along with a fuck you! 

why does it still hurt me? 

it will stop hurting me!