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