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Witchdoktors ‘Before The War’ from ‘IZZATSO’

Witchdoktors ‘Before The War’ from ‘IZZATSO’

WITCHDOKTORS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘IZZATSO?’ OCTOBER 31ST VIA BOMBER MUSIC

Limited 12’’ Vinyl & CD available for pre-order from Bandcamp HERE & Bomber Music HERE

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London based WitchDoktors have been tearing up the UK live-scene across three decades, earning their reputation as one of the UK’s most enduring and electrifying garage punk rock’n’`roll bands. Described by UK Rock’n’Roll Magazine as “the missing link between rockabilly, blues, 1970s prime-time punk and 1960s garage,” their sound is a riotous blend of snarling guitars, infectious hooks, and raw energy.

Their incendiary live shows led to a six-year residency at London’s legendary 12 Bar Club, cementing their status as cult favourites on the UK rock’n’roll circuit. Over the years, they’ve shared stages with punk and rock icons including Ruts DC, Fleshtones, The Godfathers, Nashville Pussy, Revillos, The Wingmen, Steve Marriot, Dr Feelgood, The Damned and PIL etc.

Continuing their long-term UK collaboration with Bomber Music, 2025 sees the launch of their sixth LP ‘Izzatso?’. Somewhat appropriately, this release (on vinyl, CD and all major universal Digital Platforms) is set to drop on the ‘all-hallows eve’ – i.e. Halloween 31st October 2025. Featuring 11 bludgeoning tracks, WitchDoktors songwriting has evolved and branched into new territory in their continuing journey along the dirty road of rock’n’roll and whilst their roots are planted firmly in their upbringing that feasted on Punk, Glam, & Trash there is a bitter twist of Country/Americana thrown in for good measure!

Conceived during COVID and then delayed by the sad passing of their longtime collaborator and legendary recording engineer Pat Collier, ‘Izzatso?’ is a call in this age of misinformation to question everything. Echoing the sentiment of the late great Joe Strummer ‘see through the veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda and to think for yourself.”

From incendiary opener ‘Lightning Strike’, an apocalyptic vision of the impact of climate change, featuring slide guitar by Leigh Heggarty (Ruts DC) to the twisted Mexicans of LP closer ‘Kicking the Can’, the band expertly explore a range of musical styles from their collective DNA. Written by longtime songwriting partners and lifelong friends Andy Last (vocals/guitar) and Tony Major (guitar/vocals), the songs explore and challenge the pressing social and environmental issues of our time. With killer melodies and thought-provoking lyrics, ‘Izzatso?’ strikes a poignant balance between reflection and hope in these often-difficult times.

Fans, followers and future devotees of this rousing band can now sample the album with the soaring, anthemic ‘Before The War’ single, which perfectly encapsulates the album’s life-affirming sounds and words.

“It’s a Post Covid PTSD hitting home like the scarred and broken minds of a victim of ‘active service’”, explains vocalist and guitarist Andy Last. “The masses subjected to ‘the beast’ created by the few. Cannon fodder all over again. Death and Destruction without a thought for the individual. Will we ever learn? Sign-up, Serve Up, mission completed, contract terminated and now it’s someone else’s problem. here’s your plastic medal and a shoe box to live in. Whatever happened to the sparkle in those beautiful eyes?”

The ‘Izzatso?’ album once again sees our beloved WitchDoktors in yet another collaboration with Producer/Mixer Tim Palmer who provided both sonic consultancy and steer from his villainous lair in ‘62 Studios, Austin TX to the rough mixes that Pat Collier started producing with the band at Perry Vale Studios, London UK before his sad departure. Coupled with more recent recordings made by the band with Grant Strang at the controls at Silver Shark Studios in South London, the entire album had morphed into a monster production that the band were proud to take the next step with. WitchDoktors looked Stateside again and forged a new relationship with Sterling Sound in Nashville TN, calling on the Mastering skills of Justin Shturtz to finalise this latest masterpiece. 

With the decades of chaos behind them (and no signs of slowing down!), WitchDoktors remain a vital force in British punk! Legends!? Well….almost eh! With this latest offering they should be, quite rightfully, well-assured of attracting further accolades for their ever-expanding Hall Of Fame and giving a nod and a wink to the further doses of the rock’n’roll recognition they will gratefully suck-up! All hail the might of WitchDoktors because they just refuse to lie down!

And yes….it’s WitchDoktors with a fukin’ K!’

LP to be available on 12” Vinyl LP (coloured & splatter), CD and all digital platforms.

Catch WitchDoktors live at the following dates:

November:

Fri 14th – The Steamboat, Ipswich

Sat 15th – The Anchor, Wingham, Kent

Fri 28th – The Old Barn, Milton Arms, Portsmouth

Sat 29th – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London

Sun 30th – Prince Albert, Brighton

December

Fri 12th – Johnny’s Bar, Watford

Sat 13th – Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham

Feb 2026

Fri 13th – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London

WitchDoktors are:

Andy Last – Vocals & Guitar

Tony Major – Guitar & Vocals

Joe Colfar – Drums & Vocals

Lee Page – Bass & Vocals

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Jim Jones All Stars – ‘Get Down – Get With It’ (Assai Records)

Jim Jones All Stars – ‘Get Down – Get With It’ (Assai Records)

Kind of mind-blowing that we had to wait until now to get a live album representing all that Jim Jones has done over the past 40 years. I remember picking up ‘Come Down Heavy’ by Thee Hypnotics when it was released, and it stood out in my record (cassette) collection at the time. I lost track of Jim Jones after Thee Hypnotics went their separate ways. It wasn’t until a friend suggested the Jim Jones Revue that I put two and two together. Hearing ‘The Princess and the Frog’ for the first time was one of those moments in life that I have never forgotten; I frantically tried to hit the button to hear the song again. We have undergone some changes over the years to get to the Jim Jones All Stars, who are an awesome collective of musicians with a dynamite discography at their disposal. It would take a triple album to really represent everything; what we have here, though, is a terrific live album featuring 15 songs recorded at different shows between 2023 and 2025.

In a just world, these shows would be taking place in arenas, but I am not sure arenas could contain these gritty, bluesy, rocking songs. This music is designed for dimly lit venues where the sweat and condensation is bubbling up on the wall and bodies are packed together tightly as everyone is angling to see the stage. Each song on the album is a highlight, with Jones acting as the ringmaster for this extravaganza. ‘Troglodyte’ surges out of the speakers with an unrestrained sense of urgency. The sax cuts perfectly through the mix. The sudden transition to ‘Lover’s Prayer’ feels a little jerky since the songs are coming from separate shows, but the slow tempo allows the piano to shine before going into the rocking ‘Rock n Roll Psychosis.’

I am not going to go through all the songs here individually, but there are no misses in the set. ‘Gimme the Grease’ shines in the live setting and really highlights the quality of the album, as these songs feel more natural and alive in the live setting. My old favourite ‘The Princess and the Frog’ leaps out of the speaker and rips the listener’s head clean off. The sax solo makes a perfect song somehow even more perfect. I have been a proponent for a long time that every rock band needs a piano player and sax player. This album would probably be all I need to submit as testimony. ‘Shakedown’ feels like a James Bond theme if the movie was made independently with a noir style approach.

If you had any doubt about picking up this album, those should now be gone. This is a master class in delivering killer live performances of great songs. I hope one day I can catch these guys on my side of the pond. Get the album! Go see the show! Your heart will thank you.

‘Get Down- Get With It’ will be released October 24th.

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Author: Gerald Stansbury 

The Zaltan Peppers are ‘Tired’

The Zaltan Peppers are ‘Tired’

Formed by two seasoned musicians with deep roots in the UK music scene, The Zaltan Peppers bring a rich and timeless sound to the stage. Fronted by Jay Pepper of glam metal legends Tigertailz and Lizzie Prendergast, former Blue Horses member and resident violinist with the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, the band weaves together a vibrant tapestry of influences. Their music blends the raw energy of classic rock with touches of blues, folk, and classical, all underscored by a proud Welsh heritage.

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Angel Face – ‘Out In The Streets’ (Slovenly Records)

Angel Face – ‘Out In The Streets’ (Slovenly Records)

After being mightily impressed with the self-titled debut, which was packed to bursting with absolute bangers. Huge melodies wrapped up in a spitfire volley of garage rock n roll. Energy and lo-fi garage rock n roll goodness tunes that burrowed into your ear, sticking to your brain like a huge happy virus. Of course I was gonna be all over this bad boy.

Join me as I lead you through the band’s “difficult” second album. Or as the case may be, the piece of piss second album that hits as hard as the first and is possibly more impressive due to them treading the same furrow and pulling out another bunch of delights. It can’t be this easy, can it? Why don’t all bands pay this much attention to detail and kick out the jams this wonderfully sounding?

‘Searching for the Truth’ opens the record with a rasping 100mph beaming smiling heartbeat packed with melody and handcaps, gang singalong vocals sounding like a long lost Gen X banger. Check out the guitar licks, they are fired from the heart of a band that loves what they deliver.

Basically, it’s a loud rock n roll album packed with great tunes played with joy and excitement and at ear-splitting volumes, or at least that’s where they are best played. ‘OUT IN THE NIGHT’ and ‘speedball are perfect examples, dripping with snot and sweat in equal measures.

It’s not all Crash Bang Wallop mind (Ok, mostly it is) ‘Let’s Go’ is cool as ice from its swaggering tempo to the finger clicks and hand claps it’s a beautiful thing. Like an avalanche of rock n roll, you don’t mind being crushed by it as the speakers are tested to the sonic max. Short and razor sharp, these tunes come thick and fast. Rapid snare rolls and clanging guitar chords, Angel Face ooze snotty rock n roll, and I for one love it.

Let’s keep it short and sharp, and let’s not give the game away. Come join me, get excited for a band that delivers the rock n roll. I mean, what else have you got planned? Whatever it is that’ll be this good, that lasts less than half an hour? ok, simmer down, you filthy animals. Put the beer in the fridge, turn the stereo up, then slip this bad boy on; it’ll make you fall in love with punk rock n roll. This is exactly how it should be done. Get these cats on tour with Cavemen, that would be one nuclear hot show right there, no holds barred wild ride rock n roll, Buy it!

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Author: Dom Daley

Ash – ‘AD Astra’ (Fierce Panda Records)

Ash – ‘AD Astra’ (Fierce Panda Records)

Ash have been at this pop song writing malarkey for over three decades, and to be fair, back in ’94 they were pretty bloody good at it to begin with. But, over time, they’ve ebbed and flowed, dabbled with stardom, but consistently released excellent records. They have always stood by their tried and tested style that has served them so well, and now in 2025, with ‘ad astra’ they’ve blasted off into the ether on another guitar pop-infested melody space raid with an album that’s full to bursting with style and class. It’s a record that flows superbly with memorable blasts of loud guitar pop, proper earworms huge guest slots adding to the quality and maintaining that decades-long mantra of always be better than the previous release.

From the opening big budget grand lift off, they rip into… ‘Which One do you want’ maybe not so much rip but gently ease you into it whilst the after burners settle down. This is a marathon not a sprint.

Sounding like prime time Smiths in the overall feel of the songwriting, with the big strumming acoustic guitars layering the song through verse, chorus, verse, chorus and big layers of goodness. It could and should be a hit. Enter Graham Coxon for a champion thunderous riff on ‘Fun Prople’, what a hook, when I say hook I mean hooks a bloody great big Jaws catching Hook!. The sound is huge, the chorus is a chant along earworm and the sound of a band having an absolute ball and knowing they are bloody good at this.

 The tunes come thick and fast, and long-time fans will be delighted with the fact it sounds like classic Ash but also never sounds dated or just ‘clocking in’. It really is excellent songs, superbly written and performed and produced to perfection. Guitar pop par excellence, no question about it.

There are lush sweeping melodies at times married with harder driving anthemic songs covering every inch of what a long player should do. It’s a journey of discovery, twisting and turning, never sounding ordinary or predictable but comfortably familiar, and to think they’ve been at this for over three decades and are delivering albums this bloody good is champion and should be well championed.

Be it the thumping, more dreamy journey of ‘Deadly Love’ or the all-out rocker with a huge grin leading the party with ‘Jump In The Line’ or the gentler string-laden ‘My Favourite Ghost’ Ash do it better than most.

With a dozen tracks that ebb and flow, lifting you up and leading you to reflect, they save some of the best til latter on as ‘Dehumanized’ which has all the hallmarks of an absolute Ash banger buried deep in this record. Be it a singles band or an album band, these three do bot,h and when these get added to the set list, they won’t sound out of place at all.

Their mucca from Blur is back to help put a full stop on this most excellent album. Don’t just take my word for it, go and pick up your own copy and come back and thank me later, be it a silver copy or an indy retailer colour or special limited artwork Ash have gone for broke on this on,e and it looks and sounds like a band loving life and making some of the best music they’ve ever done. No easy task, Buy it!

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Author: Dom Daley

Babyshambles announce UK dates + five

Babyshambles announce UK dates + five

After months of speculation, Babyshambles are delighted to announce their live return, after eleven long years, with ten shows this autumn and winter.

The tour coincides with the 20th anniversary of Babyshambles’ much-loved, critically lauded debut album Down In Albion. Ittakes in a whole host of venues that were the scene of many of their previous triumphs: in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Norwich, Plymouth and London’s celebrated Brixton Academy.

Peter Doherty: “It’s unfinished business and everywhere I go I get ‘what’s happening with the ‘shambles.’ It’s a no brainer for me, a real desire to play some of them old tunes and have a little shindig.”

Drew McConnell: “The death of Patrick (Walden) made us determined that we have to tour now.”

Tickets go on general sale at 10:00am Friday 5th September from GENERAL TICKET LINK To make sure you bagsie a ticket an exclusive pre-sale is available at 10:00am on Wednesday 3rd September, sign up herePRE-SALE TICKET LINK

NOVEMBER

14th FRI Norwich The Nick Rayns LCR

16th SUN London O2 Academy – Brixton

26th WED Birmingham O2 Academy

29th SAT Liverpool Mountford Hall

30th SUN Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse

DECEMBER

2nd TUE Newcastle O2 City Hall

4th THU Glasgow  O2 Academy

7th SUN Leeds O2 Academy

8th MON Nottingham Rock City

10th WED Plymouth Pavilions

Babyshambles have released three Top 10 albums: Down In Albion (2005), Shotter’s Nation (2007) and Sequel To The Prequel (2013)… scored four Top 10 Singles Killamangiro, Fuck Forever, Albion and Delivery. 

Babyshambles are Peter Doherty (vocals/ guitar), Mick Whitnall (guitar), Drew McConnell (bass guitar)and Adam Ficek (drums). 

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IST IST announce ‘Dagger’ for Feb 2026 with new video

IST IST announce ‘Dagger’ for Feb 2026 with new video

IST IST

ANNOUNCE AWAITED FIFTH ALBUM:

‘DAGGER’

OUT 6 FEBRUARY 2026, VIA KIND VIOLENCE RECORDS

IST IST are pleased to confirm details of their keenly anticipated new album: ‘DAGGER’.

Due for release on Friday 6th February, the record will be their fifth full-length studio album, and arrives on the heels of last year’s acclaimed Top 30 effort ‘Light A Bigger Fire’. 

With a swelling fanbase across Europe and some of their biggest UK shows to date on the horizon, including a totemic hometown show at Manchester’s Albert Hall, the hungry, anthemic quality of ‘DAGGER’ feels destined to cut through even the most capacious of spaces.

Wasting no time to sit on their laurels, IST IST launched into laying down the bones of what would become their upcoming fifth album. As guitarist Mat Peters reflects: 

“We started working on the album as soon as we got back from the European tour in late 2024. The momentum you carry from a tour into the studio is powerful and you’re still in that live headspace, so the music you write in those moments tends to be more visceral. You go with the flow a little bit more rather than it being methodical. What you end up with is a collection of songs already primed for the stage.”

Alive with ambitions for the band’s next evolutionary stage, IST IST approached esteemed producer Joe Cross (Hurts, Courteeners, Slow Readers Club), tasking him with creating a conduit with which to conduct their big ideas. Rekindling the chemistry that had spawned their previous work together, pretty soon, something special began to materialise from the partnership again. Bass player Andy Keating adds:

“We wanted to make some braver and more brash choices during the recording process. We wanted to make this record for ourselves first and foremost. There was no agenda beyond capturing the post-tour energy and playing the sort of things we wanted to listen to. The result of that is our most direct album since our debut ‘Architecture’.

Lead single and album opener “I Am The Fear” is demonstrative of this brave new world; an electrifying juggernaut piled high with oscillating synth strokes, meteoric basslines, and stacked guitar tones.

Whilst the intrinsic, shadowy essence of IST IST’s trademark sound remains firmly in place, a panoply of new influences and inspiration ripples across these 10 tracks with a striking sense of redefinition.

From the lightning bolt pop immediacy of “Warning Signs”, to the skyscraping synth reachings of “The Echo”; the loping rock swagger of “Burning”, to the scintillating sci-fi soundtrack-primed “Encouragement”, and the spacious ambience of “Song For Someone”, ‘DAGGER’ glitters from the darkness with luminescent melodies and incisive hooks.

While ‘DAGGER’ charts another seismic step forward for the band in terms of confidence, control, and execution, fans will be reassured to hear that it has come at no sacrifice to their modus operandi. Completely self-funded, and due to be released completely independently via their own Kind Violence Records imprint, five albums in, ‘DAGGER’ symbolises the driven DIY ethic that has been programmed into IST IST’s DNA since day dot.

In light of their upcoming album, last week IST IST released its lead single “I Am The Fear”. 

Catch IST IST marking their decade long career and teasing new music from ‘DAGGER’ at the following UK and European shows:

IST IST  – 2025/26 EUROPE & UK TOUR DATES

Thursday 9th October – Rome – Invincible Fest @ Hacienda 

Friday 10th October – Ravenna – Bronson Club 

Saturday 11th October – Pordenone – Astro Club 

Tuesday 14th October – Den Haag – Paard 

Wednesday 15th October  – Zwolle – Hedon 

Friday 17th October – Eindhoven – Effenaar

Friday 28th November – Leeds – Warehouse

Saturday 29th November – Glasgow – Oran Mor

Friday 5th December – London – 229

Saturday 6th December – Birmingham – O2 Academy2

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Friday 1st May 2026 – Manchester – Albert Hall

w/ Support from DESPERATE JOURNALIST + THE YOUTH PLAY

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The Urban Voodoo Machine – ‘Other People’s Children’ (Gypsy Hotel Records)

The Urban Voodoo Machine – ‘Other People’s Children’ (Gypsy Hotel Records)

Covers albums can be hit and miss affairs. There are plenty out there, the good, the bad and the ugly. Well, with 5 studio albums, 2 compilations and an album of artists covering their own songs, London-based collective The Urban Voodoo Machine have surely earned the right to release a covers collection of their very own.

Chief songwriter Paul-Ronney Angel certainly thinks so. And in a world saturated with AI versions of your favourite songs reimagined as funk, soul or reggae, it seems fitting the one of the most exciting live bands around take 11 songs (some familiar, some not so familiar) and record them using real instruments, played by real musicians in a real recording studio.

For me, the essence of a good cover version is to put your own stamp on it and create your own masterpiece from an already existing piece of art. The Urban Voodoo Machine do just that with the opening song of ‘Other People’s Children’. Their take on the AC/DC classic ‘Hell’s Bells’ was actually recorded many moons ago for a Classic Rock compilation CD (remember those?). Who knew that injecting some bourbon-soaked gypsy blues bop n’ stroll music would work so damn well? With that iconic riff picked on an acoustic guitar and a horns & brushed beats accompaniment, PR and his band of brothers do the unimaginable and make the song their own.

It’s a strong start, but they keep the pace up with a rip-roaring one-two that really captures the live feel of the band. You could argue that ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ and The Stones ‘Factory Girl’ were made to be covered by Paul at his most inebriated, and the delivery just fits the feel of songs. Its captured beautifully, as our ringleader wails whisky-soaked tones over crashing, rustic instrumentation. The latter especially works so well with banjo and horns to the fore, creating a gypsy style party vibe.

Noone can deny the pop suss of ABBA, and ‘Chiquitita’ has never been tackled with such drunken aplomb. Side 1 ends with a spaghetti western drenched version of ‘Destiny Angel, an emotive song written by sadly departed founding member Nick Marsh. It has been re-recorded here with the help of members of Nick’s family.

Side 2 carries on the tribute to lost members theme with ‘The Lodger’, a song written by Mark Gilligan, who played with the band on and off for many years. His son Tristan joins the band on guitar for this Pogues inspired folky ditty, it’s a killer tribute. Originally a hit for The Standells in 1966, ‘Dirty Water’ is a rock n’ roll party that sounds like about 5 UVM songs rolled into one. With a faster pace and a fistful of energy, it’s probably my favourite song on the record right now.

Ry Cooder’s ‘Across The Borderline’, with its re-tagged “London, you’re my home” refrain is topical and suitably delivered in an acoustic based, gypsy blues style. The late night ‘live in the studio’ vibes continue with the smoky ‘Jimmy Jazz’, where PR and his harmonica take the spotlight to do justice to The Clash and make this London Calling cut even more jazzy.

The Urban Voodoo Machine love a good instrumental and if you’ve seen them live, you may well have seen them open with the classic ‘Popcorn’. Here it comes on like it’s been ripped straight from a Tarantino movie. The gospel classic ‘I’ll Fly Away’ brings things to a close nicely, a song the band play regularly in their other incarnation as The Urban Voodoo Machine Marching Band, who play funerals with a New Orleans style twist. Maybe I’ll get them booked in for my send off!

The live energy Of The Urban Voodoo Machine is captured magnificently by Alex McGowan at Space Eko Studios, and the great thing about this album is that it sounds like a regular Urban Voodoo Machine record. They bring the party every time, whether it’s their own songs or these other people’s children that they have made their own.

Like I said at the beginning, covers albums are hit & miss affairs, and this one is very much a hit as far as I’m concerned.

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Graveripper – ‘From Welkin to Tundra’ (Wise Blood Records)

Graveripper – ‘From Welkin to Tundra’ (Wise Blood Records)

Graveripper are a three-piece thrash combo from Indianapolis. They make a lovely noise. They hit the thrashing trail back in 2019 and have released an EP with the catchy title of ‘Radiated Remains’. They followed that up with a full-length LP – (Seasons Dreaming Death).

This latest effort, ‘From Welkin to Tundra’ is a full-on monster of an album. I can hear a plethora of influences, from Death to Iron Maiden, there’s even a hint of Lemmy and the boys in the mix. Add in some classic Venom and you’ve got a good idea of how Graveripper sound.

The atmospheric intro ‘Welkin, Now Tundra’ kicks off the album in style before the sledgehammer ear assault of ‘Bring Upon Pain’ shows you what Graveripper are capable of. Drummer Nick James plays an absolute blinder; it’s exhausting just listening to his barrage of double kick drums and blast beats. ‘Hexenhammer’ takes into Morbid Angel territory, guitarist/vocalist Corey Parks spits out the lyrics with power. Death’s Cold Embrace is another face melter, Parks is a very competent guitarist, and he shows off his chops here.

‘Sanctioned Slaughter’ has echoes of early Machine Head, crunchy riffs and more astounding drumming from James. ‘Hounds From Hell’ shows that there’s no slowing down, another belter of a track. New Gods, New Masters is another showcase for Graveripper’s obvious talents, including a fantastic mid-paced neck stretcher of a riff.

‘…And Now It’s Dark’ has more of a punk feel, Discharge come to mind. ‘Bullet Laden Crown’ starts with a melodic riff before we head off to full on metal mayhem again. Awesome stuff. The album concludes with ‘Burning Barren Plains’ which gives the listener another sonic assault.

‘From Welkin to Tundra’ is a fantastic album. I loved every minute. I look forward to hearing more of Graveripper. The album is released on October 17th. Go and grab a physical copy if you can!

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Author: Kenny Kendrick

Jacket Burner – ‘Eat Shit & Die’ (Goodbye Boozy Records)

Jacket Burner – ‘Eat Shit & Die’ (Goodbye Boozy Records)

Lo-Fi, nasty, noisy punk rock with melodies Dee Dee would have killed for. Oh and guitar solos stolen from the good and the great of bygone eras. Jacket Burner is on fire! As far as debut LPs go this is a home run filled with hypnotic sleazy guitar slashing over even more hypnotic rhythms and drum beats.

One Man band Jacket Burner is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum wrapped in a spew bag of hate-filled anthems for a generation who probably can’t even remember a time when giants roamed the earth like The Ramones and The Cramps, but their spirit lives on on records like ‘Eat shit’. ‘Be Ur Man’ is a rapid slice of fuzz guitar fucked levels of gain on the vocals that are spitting out a love song to someone before th edirty rolling riff that would have been a love letter to poison ivy and Lux as ‘Re Wire My Brain’ leans on history for its melody and that riff thats drills down into your cranium and demands to be played louder and harder.

Quite how a one-man band can be led by V. Tiers is another story, but Mr Tiers has it going on and slapping around in the ‘Cesspool’ of punk rock is so lo-fi it’s beautiful and couldn’t have been recorded any other way, it just simply wouldn’t have worked.

The beautiful anthemic ‘Teenage Metalhead’ might just be the album’s peak, with great lyrics over a filthy riff. Coming at us via Italy’s Goodbye Boozy Records, this Londoner isn’t happy with ten new tracks (possibly because it would last less than fifteen minutes), but has tagged a bonus ten on side two. So double the hate-drenched, sleaze-soaked punk, the entire ‘Terminal Depression’ digital debut album, doubling the dose of unapologetic fury. This is also a limited run of 250 copies. So sit on it, and you will indeed Eat Shit and no doubt pay fortunes in months to come on Discogs. Don’t sleep on it! It’s been an exceptional few years for Jacket Burner with the split with Gino And The Goons and the ‘Tonight’ EP, then this, Jacket Burner is right where it’s at, go get it.

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