Twenty-two songs in just under an hour with loads of Wonk Bollocks in between on hipster cassette live in the raw at Balter Festival is exactly the live album you never knew you wanted to hear. If you’re fully Wonked up, you know the drill and you know exactly how fuckin ridiculously good these chaps are live. They most certainly have the receipts when it comes to an hour-long set of absolute bangers. Led by Alex, they are a mish-mash of punk rock, new wave, with down-to-earth lyrics and song subjects as Alex lifts the veil from your eyes as to what some of the songs are about, and if you have a favourite song, it’s probably played on this here live set.

The band’s second live album doesn’t make them Pink Floyd or anything, but it does show how many top tunes they have and how bloody tight they are live. Whilst it’s on hipster tape, you do get a download of the show, which is nice for those of you who no longer own a Walkman and are no longer wired for sound. Wonk are a ferocious live band and songs like ‘Nan’ are on fire, but when they shake it up and play songs like ‘Horses’, they gallop (sorry) along as well as the gonzo frantic ‘Disco Fever’, but it’s the classics ‘Go Easy’ where they really cut loose as well as the poetic and on point ‘Kings Road Sporting HEroes’ that cement their status as one of the finest live bands around and if you do get the chance to take in a performance then I strongly sugegst you do so. Hell, they even end the set with a personal favourite of mine, ‘Silly Voices’.

Head over and pick up a copy whilst they are still available and bask in the glory of a full flight Wonk Unit taking no prisoners with their superb punk rock n roll. Buy It!

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Author: Dom Daley