{"id":17215,"date":"2021-11-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17215"},"modified":"2021-11-19T09:27:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T09:27:35","slug":"mike-mckinnon-all-sides-disaster-silent-like-a-bomb-bandcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17215","title":{"rendered":"Mike McKinnon \u2013 \u2018All Sides Disaster\u2019 & \u2018Silent Like A Bomb\u2019 (Bandcamp)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u2018Silent\u2019 Mike McKinnon has been anything but \u201cquiet\u201d since the singer\/guitarist parted ways with Notts garage punks The Hip Priests a few years back. Initially putting together a well-received set of acoustic tunes as a self-released\/self-titled debut back in 2019, before joining hard rockers Wraith as their lead singer and then subsequently re-joining NOOSE, the band he initially left to join the Priests for. Phew! In between all of this Mike somehow also found time to continue releasing solo songs and covers EPs throughout lockdown, oh and let\u2019s not forget a live acoustic album too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as that wise old punk rock sage Jimmy Cricket (eh?) once used to say\u2026\u201dthere\u2019s more\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes siree, as coming out via Bandcamp on 21st<\/sup> November 2021, Mike is about to reveal the follow up to his self-titled acoustic record, in the shape of \u2018All Sides Disaster\u2019 PLUS an all-new hardcore punk album, going by the name of \u2018Silent Like A Bomb\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on the rock-solid foundations of Mikes\u2019s self-titled debut acoustic record and containing a dozen all new tracks, the immediate thing that hits me about this follow up is just how much McKinnon has grown into the role of vocalist with (the curiously titled) \u2018There’s One I In Win\u2019 in particular being a superb example of a musician totally at ease with his weapon of choice. Plus, with \u2018Inner Revolution\u2019 \u2018Not Giving Up\u2019 and \u2018Gotta Change\u2019 having already crept out via Bandcamp during lockdown it\u2019s exciting to discover that the final versions that make \u2018All Sides Disaster\u2019 are all much more developed those earlier pseudo demo versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nowhere to hide when its just you and a guitar fronting up to an audience so the songs you play certainly have to be good to carry things off and keep people\u2019s attention and on \u2018All Sides Disaster\u2019 Mike has written a diverse array of tunes that range from the Americana tinged \u2018Run For It Marty\u2019 to the now electro pop influenced \u2018Not Giving Up\u2019, and via \u00a0the RATM style rap breakdown during the excellent \u2018Broken From The Inside\u2019 he has more than enough musical curveballs to keep the biggest gig loudmouth quiet..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then again Mike could always just strap on his electric guitar and play the ten songs that make up his \u2018Silent Like A Bomb\u2019 record, as this is one hell of a joyous punk rock racket that would be impossible for anyone to talk though. Simply because you\u2019d be too fucking busy in the pit to do any chinwagging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded with the help of a couple of da Priests (Des on drums and Ben on guest lead for the deathpunk beast \u2018Fuelling The Tanks\u2019) with Bitch Queen\u2019s Harry Darling providing the final mix \u2018Silent Like a Bomb\u2019 is a record that immediately \u201cgoes off\u201d, from the opening riff of the 52 second awesomeness of \u2018Misdirection\u2019 it doesn\u2019t let you go until the album\u2019s title track and closer has left you totally drained. This is the record that the young Mike that\u2019s grinning out at you from the cover of his \u2018All Sides Disaster\u2019 would have been kickflipping all around his local skate park to back in the day, but before you think it\u2019s just a homage to \u201880s hardcore\/crossover take a listen to the likes of \u2018We May Never Know\u2019 with its fantastic pop\/punk vocal undertones or the almost Priests-like \u2018Set Up To Fail\u2019 both of which lend \u2018Silent Like a Bomb\u2019 a very modern edge indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be great to see Mike doing these \u2018Silent Like A Bomb\u2019 songs live with a full band, simply because they are some of the most exhilarating UK hardcore tunes I\u2019ve heard in quite some time and they really do deserve to be heard all around the world. The mission to do just that kicking off at Mike\u2019s album release\/birthday party on November 21st at Foremans Bar in Nottingham, and if you cannot make that night then both albums are available to pre-order right now via the links below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Silent\u2019 Mike McKinnon has been anything but \u201cquiet\u201d since the singer\/guitarist parted ways with Notts garage punks The Hip Priests a few years back. Initially putting together a well-received set of acoustic tunes as a self-released\/self-titled debut back in 2019, before joining hard rockers Wraith as their lead singer and then subsequently re-joining NOOSE, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[7280,622],"class_list":["post-17215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-silent-like-a-bomb","tag-the-hip-priests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17222,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215\/revisions\/17222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}