Thursday, July 16, 2015

Bad Engrish No Passing Trend LP Review


The Bad Engrish
No Passing Trend
Rebel Sound Music
Release: 27 May 2015


 Rowdy rock and roll from one of my favorite band names. Bad Engrish finally put out an album of older (but unreleased) material.  No Passing Trend contains thirteen tracks of fast-ass punk blaze through this piece of wax in less than thirty minutes; including a four minute track, a bonus track and a cover of “Harry May”.


Production is solid. The guitars have that UK82 crunch without getting mired in dark feedback. The instruments are recorded in a crisp fashion. The elements can be distinctly heard, just not kept up with. The drums are backbone here. And they are played in a fury. Jangly bass lines and exciting guitars will push circle pits and colored spikes top bounce and rush the stage. “True Breed” is a fierce track. This shows a more focused song in the bunch.

Not here to contemplate too many deep inquiries, Bad Engrish profess titles like “Pogo Power” and “Fish & Chips” and “Oi!’s not Dead”. Songs of drunken mayhem, friendship and their underground subculture are all subjects. Bad Engrish does slip in lines disavowing politics, but has a line about a woman’s right to abortion. There are fun rebellion songs; more a “fuck you” than a debate – more Blanks 77 than The Virus. “You Hate Me” is straight forward, but will always be a sentiment of each punk and skin at heart.

Rebel Sound, via Pirates Press, put out some sweet vinyl here. The choice of a white twelve inch with black and red splatter or Red with black waves gives a vinyl lover some hesitation. The LP received an honorable mention in Pirates Press Record of the week blog for May 8th, 201. The band played MidWest in May and is touring now with Sniper 66. I am sure they are fun band live. The album could use a touch more serious lyrics, and maybe a few time changes in the tracks – but that is my opinion coming from Oi! and hardcore. For the spikes and bristles crowd, this is a great record.


RIYL: Cobra, Towerblocks, Oxymoron, The Krays, Blanks 77, Lower Class Brats

Pressing info:
50x Black Vinyl
325x Heavy BLACK Splatter on BLOOD RED

125x Heavy RED(ISH) and BLACK Splatter on WHITE

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