Tag: Pirates
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DeeCRACKS – 20 Years. A Frantic Effort (3×10” set)
DeeCRACKS 20 Years. A Frantic Effort (3×10” set) (Pirates Press Records) Since vinyl has retaken the amount of interest that it has among music fans, a fairly impressive amount of time and money has been spent repackaging and reissuing records to let interested parties re-examine a multitude of songbooks – but such endeavors have never…
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The Drowns – Blacked Out LP
The Drowns Blacked Out LP (Pirates Press Records) While the number of ways that a band may choose to change their sound in the name of refreshing it or updating it are almost innumerable, what The Drowns have done on Blacked Out is genuinely impressive. This time out, the band has left most of the…
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Various Artists – For Family And Flag Volume 2 LP
Various Artists For Family And Flag Volume 2 LP (Pirates Press Records) While it took a little longer for Pirates Press to return to their For Family and Flag series than anyone likely expected [Volume One of the comp was originally released in 2020 –ed], there’s no question that the label couldn’t have picked a…
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The Complicators – s/t LP
The Complicators s/t LP (Pirates Press Records) While it’s very easy for any critic to come off as surprised when a band reassembles a set of well-used, time-honoured musical cliches and presents something which works, it’s far more difficult to find the flaw which ultimately causes that very familiar structure to fall apart and/or come…
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Brigata Vendetta – This Is How Democracy Dies LP
Brigata Vendetta This Is How Democracy Dies LP (Pirates Press Records) Okay, after the last few years of pundits both educated and ill-informed questioning the health and longevity of democracy and looking at the concept so closely the eye-strain could easily be attributable to a migraine, the idea of another punk band stepping forward to…
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Billy Liar – Crisis Actor LP
Billy Liar Crisis Actor LP (Pirates Press Records) It feels unlikely on the surface because, like Henry Ford, punks often want to proclaim that, “history is bunk” – but the fact is that some of the permutations of punk rock that have passed through the mainstream are possessed of an undeniably accessible quality. Even on…
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Flores Y Fuego – Altar LP
Flores Y Fuego Altar LP (Pirates Press Records) It’s startling when one realizes how far punk as progressed over the last thirty years or so. It could be argued that the turning point in the history of punk’s greatest evolution was when Epitaph Records broke the barrier between pop and punk in the Nineties; suddenly,…
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Teenage Bottlerocket – So Dumb, So Stoked 7”
Teenage Bottlerocket So Dumb, So Stoked 7” (Pirates Press Records) In 2023, calling something instantly gratifying feels as though it might be a setup to defuse potential disappointment, but that is simply not the case when it comes to the So Dumb, So Stoked 7” – Teenage Bottlerocket’s first release for Pirates Press Records. In…
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Hunting Lions – Dark 12” EP
Hunting Lions Dark (one-sided 12”) EP (Pirates Press Records) While I can’t keep myself from wondering why Hunting Lions elected to keep the music on the Dark EP contained to just one side of this 12” (there’s five songs on one side and a graphic on the other), there is no question that the songs…
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Kepi and Friends – Full Moon Forever LP
Kepi Ghoulie Kepi and Friends – Full Moon Forever LP (Pirates Press Records) After having already reviewed Kepi Ghoulie’s “other” album released this year (the Ramones In Love LP), I can say with regret that I approached Ghoulie’s output this annum in the wrong order. Full Moon Forever is a really good album which features…