The Riptides - End of the World

  

  Hailing from Ottawa, The Riptides (https://www.facebook.com/TheRiptides) have been around since 1998 (check out their music here https://theriptides.bandcamp.com/) and first featured on this blog 10 years ago (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-riptides-shit-outta-luck.html). 

  They return today with a new song that they wrote “as a satirical commentary during the dark days of the pandemic.” 

  It's a teaser track for their upcoming album Burn After Listening. The album will be available on March 7th on 12" Aqua Blue Vinyl or 12" Tide Pod Marble Vinyl. Check out the Pirates Press store for pre orders : https://shop.piratespressrecords.com/pages/the-riptides

  Released on Inauguration Day in the USA, let's raise a toast to the end of it all. This is End Of The World...

Some said it would end in fire and some said ice We were warned but still ignored, and now we pay the price So let’s toast to the end of all we know what we held tight As long as there’s an open bar you know we’ll be alright We are the authors of our fall, ignored the writing on the wall Now it’s all over and we don’t even give a fuck at all The cannonballs still fly ‘cause they were never banned There’s no more seas to sail the doves are decaying in the sand We are the authors of our fall, ignored the writing on the wall Now it’s all over and we don’t even give a fuck at all It’s the end of the world, and I’m just glad it’s over It’s the end of the world, no way I’m staying sober Cause we went and messed it up and now we’re lost to history It’s the end of the world tonight, and that’s alright with me And now, we’ve had enough We’re calling your bluff Without you to contend, we’ll let it all just end And maybe we can start all over again… It’s the end of the world, and I’m just glad it’s over It’s the end of the world, no way I’m staying sober Cause we went and messed it up and now we’re lost to history It’s the end of the world tonight, and that’s alright with me.

The Riptides - Beam Me Up

  The Riptides are the Canadian pop punk band from Ottawa who previously appeared on this blog with the rather wonderful Shit Outta Luck (http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-riptides-shit-outta-luck.html). That classic slice of Ramones/Beach Boys inspired punk tunage was the closing track on their excellent 2009 album Tales From Planet Earth. Since then they've released a few eps, including splits with bands such as The Queers, The Dwarves, The Apers and The Connection. Now they return with a new 18 track album called Canadian Graffiti. You can get it on vinyl from Something To Do Records (https://somethingtodorecords.com/the-riptides) or it's available, along with their earlier stuff, over on Bandcamp : https://theriptides.bandcamp.com/album/canadian-graffiti

  Lining up with Andy Vandal (vocals), Bob Goblin (bass/vocals), Doug Vermin (guitar/vocals), Corey Omega (guitar/vocals) and Dan Lumley (drums) the band have made one of the best pop punk albums of 2017 (The gauntlet has been thrown down to The Lillingtons). It's been 8 years since Tales From Planet Earth but they haven't missed a beat, look up the word catchy in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of The Riptides!

  I could have pretty much highlighted any of the tracks but as someone's already stuck one up on Youtube (and as regular readers will have noticed, I'm a sucker for sci fi themed pop punk songs) I'll go with that. This is Beam Me Up....


beam me up
take me far from here
beam me up
my mission's no longer clear
'cause i don't wanna see you crying
as i head to outer space
but i just can't keep lying
and pretend i get this place, anymore

beam me up
get me off this rock
beam me up
i'll hang with mr spock
because everything they're saying
makes me want to shake my head
the politics they're playing
makes me fear the road ahead
beam me up and take me far from here
ooh baby, beam me up
and take me away from here

cause i don't want to see you crying
as i head to outer space
but i just can't keep lying
and pretend i get this place
beam me up and take me far from here
ooh baby, beam me up
and take me away from here...... 

The Riptides - Shit Outta Luck

 Today's song is one that popped up on an old mixtape that I was listening to in my car on the way to work and it summed up my mood pretty much. It's a mid tempo, melancholic number about the ordinary, downtrodden Joe Soaps in society and it's oh so true. It's by Ottawa's The Riptides and it was the closing track on their 2009 Tales From Planet Earth album.
  Formed in 1998, the band released several albums on their own Goblin label but more recently it's been Asian Man that's been putting their stuff out ( as well as the Planet Earth album this latter part of their catalogue has also featured split eps with  The Queers, The Dwarves, The Apers and most recently the Surf Nazis Must Die split with The Connection). They currently boast the talents of original members Andy Vandal (vocals) and Bob Goblin (bass/vocals) plus Doug Vermin (guitar/vocals), Corey Omega (guitar/vocals) and Dan Lumley (drums).
  This is Shit Outta Luck......

We're on a bus we're at our desks, in the check-out lines
We're taught to chase our parent's dreams and things will turn out fine
We go to school, can't pay our bills - the future's not so bright
We all know the Kids ain't alright

We work our jobs we punch the clock, vote and pay the rent
We put our faith in Democracy, and in the President
The passerby just gets in line - blind leading the blind
We wave as the world passes by

Now it's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck
It's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck

Who do we blame? What is the cause? Could it be you & me?
We've paved the way for The Decline with our complacency
We're walking dead on Doctor's meds, with one foot in the grave
A United State of Decay

Now it's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck
It's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck
It's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck
It's too late, it's too late, Whoa-oh - cause we're shit out of luck

We can't take this anymore
We can't stand it no more
No we can't take this anymore
We can't stand it no more