Celebration Summer - For Want Of

  

  Celebration Summer (https://www.facebook.com/CelebrationSummer) are a melodic punk band with gruff vocals from Washington DC who featured on this blog a couple of years ago :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/08/celebration-summer-fraud.html

You can check out their music here : https://celebrationsummer.bandcamp.com/

  They return today with their contribution to a compilation album from For Love Of Records titled Yesterday & Today: DC Does Dischord. It's the label's first ever release and what a way to kick things off. A lovingly compiled homage showcasing the dynamism & diversity of Washington DC label Dischord. 

  It boasts 27 bands putting their own unique spin on a bunch of classic tracks. It's available as a gatefold double vinyl LP with a portion of the proceeds to benefit We Are Family DC (wearefamilydc.org). You can indulge yourself on some great music here :  https://forloveofrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yesterday-today-dc-does-dischord

  One of the treasures plucked from the trove is this cover of a track featured of Rites Of Spring's 1985 S/T album. It's called For Want Of... 

I, I believed memory might mirror no reflections on me
I, I believed that in forgetting I might set myself free
But I woke up this morning with a piece of past caught in my throat
And then I choked

I, I bled, I tried to hide the heart from the head
And I, I said I bled in the arms of a girl I'd barely met
But I woke up this morning with the present in splinters on the ground
And then I drowned

And if I can't see, it's for want of you

You said I see, if there's nothing here, then it's probably mine
Well, my, my turn to see, if there's nothing here it'll always be mine, mine
I woke up this morning with a piece of past caught in my throat
And then I choked

I, I guess I've learned the taste of the days that will always burn
I, I guess I've learned if it's in the corner of my eye, well I can always turn
'Cause I woke up this morning with the present in splinters on the ground
And then I drowned, yeah

And if I don't see, it's for want of you, you

Celebration Summer - Fraud

  

  Celebration Summer (https://www.facebook.com/CelebrationSummer) are from Washington D.C. and feature a line up of Greg Raelson (bass), Glenn Boysko (drums), Dan Hauser (guitar) and Nate Falger (vocals/guitar). They play the kind of melodic punk rock that often leads to them being compared with the likes of Husker Du, Leatherface, Samiam, Hot Water Music etc.

  They've been around for a couple of years or so, I first came across them when I heard the Against The Gun ep and as impressive as that was, the couple of teaser tracks they've released for upcoming album Patience in Presence suggests they've stepped things up another notch. 

  The album will be available on September 23rd from A-F Records on various coloured vinyl and you can get pre orders in now. The label describe it thus; "progressive songs capturing the struggles of modern life in Trump/post-Trump-era America with a pounding rhythm section, punctuated by Boysko’s intricate drumming and Raelson’s melodic bass while incorporating Hauser’s driving guitars and Falger’s poignant lyricism, visceral vocal stylings, and angular guitar structure."                                     http://a-frecords.limitedrun.com/products/729719-celebration-summer-patience-in-presence-lp-mp3

  It's also available on vinyl & cd from Shield Recordings :  https://distro.shieldrecordings.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2650

  The first single from it was Disconnected (I'll play it on this week's Just Some Punk Songs show) and you can find that here : https://celebrationsummer.bandcamp.com/track/disconnected-2

  The song you'll find below is the band doing what they do best. It's a look at power, corruption and lies with a video that features a number of politicians that even I as a Brit recognise as dodgy shysters. It's called Fraud...