My first encounter with Norway’s finest glamorous punks, Razorbats, was the debut album and in particular, the awesome single ‘Kids OF The 70s’ with an insane hook and chorus, but not just that, the overall production and song structure seemed big budget and not the work of some kids from Oslo with a dream in their head and a guitar. Several albums later and several line-up changes, the band are still going and with their style refined and more Glam than punk, they still take the finest of genres and run with i,t writing and recording insane hooks and stadium-filling choruses and melodies. 2025 and the latest Razorbats record is up and running.
The latest video from the album ‘Scars’ is a rapid punch affair with howling solos and razor sharp riffage and those layered vocals leading the charge. With one foot on the monitor wedge punching the air and the other firmly placed in the 80s Razorbats are safe in their wheelhouse writing loud anthems for an underground that wants to dance and shake their shit as well as break stuff.
I love the rumble of ‘Shadows’ that flows nicely into the power pop of ‘Turn It Up’, it’s then into some riff hard ‘I’m Not In Love’ with its layered chorus that’s all shoulder pads and big hair but with a muscular undercurrent with its 80s stabs and meandering guitar solos. The boys rock out on the epic ‘Hyperion’ with its big intro that builds into more dreamy power pop. Carrying the torch for big 80s rock ‘Love Comes Easy’ with its gentler sound and pace, with the multiple layers of vocals swaying in the breeze before the album closes off with the punchy ‘Kamikaze Casanova’ and were back to what the boys do best and that rock out with big riffs layers of vocals and a very polished production nodding the cap to their forefathers of yesteryear. Razorbats have fun and know that being in a rock band is living out your fantasies, and they do it oh so well. With a tongue firmly in the cheek, they clearly love hard rock and every genre from the ’80s and beyond. I raise a glass to them and their sheer determination to deliver the best record every time. Long live Razorbats – Horns up, kids, and watch out for the fireworks, Razorbats are in da house!
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