Leper - Suckling pigs

  

  Leper are a hardcore punk 4 piece from Umeå in Sweden featuring a line up of TB (vocals), Mackan (guitar), John (bass) and Mange (drums). They've been around since 2017 and came to my attention last year with an impressively hard hitting (name your price) album titled Frail Life. 

  They returned last week with an equally raucous 5 track ep on Kink Records titled Ögat​/​/​The Eye. It's also available as a name your price download but if vinyl's your thing then snap up the ltd edition turquoise version (black is also available) https://leperhc.bandcamp.com/album/gat-the-eye-ep

  I'm going to play the fast and furious Turn To Dust on this week's Just Some Punk Songs show (you're all invited : https://www.facebook.com/events/558113251977750/) but for the blog today I'm going with the opening track. This is Suckling Pigs... 

Licking your lips, it’s delicious Force-fed delight But the apples and raisins put in your mouth Won’t be yours in the end Like suckling pigs fattened for a feast X 2 The debt will be paid When it has marinated long enough We’ll claim our prime cut Like suckling pigs fattened for a feast X 2 All the piggies are here now They got fat for their feast Look how they're smiling The pigs are all here

  

Leper - ICBM

  Leper are from Umeå in Sweden and feature a line up of TB (vocals), Mackan (guitar), John (bass) and Mange (drums). They introduced themselves in 2017 with a 4 track demo and have recently followed it up with a thunderous 9 track debut album titled Frail Life. It mixes straight up punk rock with powerful hardcore and it's available on ltd edition red vinyl from Ruin Nation Records.   https://ruinnation.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3068

  You can also find it as a name your price download here :   https://leperhc.bandcamp.com/album/frail-life

  Loud and heavy hardcore music is fine but it doesn't always click with me, unless the band also have tunes I can grasp onto. Leper are a band with both aggression and tunes but happily don't clutter things with metal guitar or sludge parts. The songs are short, the energy high, it's great stuff. Have a listen.

  This is the only song on the album that creeps past the 2 minute mark, it's also my favourite. It's called ICBM...

Warheads communicate things well
They're packed with meaning not just nuclear energy
They say "remember me,
And don't forget - I'm thinking of you"

I C B M
Thinking of you
I C B M
Maybe I'll see you soon

From silos buried underground
Fully mute, but you still know what they say
Four letters loud and clear
"Distance doesn't matter - I'll be there in a few"

I C B M
Thinking of you
I C B M
Maybe I'll see you soon

Buried underneath
Hid in submarines
No need for translation
I mean immediacy

I C B M

I'll see you soon, see you soon

I C B M

I'll see you, I'll see you

I C B M