{"id":22493,"date":"2023-06-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=22493"},"modified":"2023-06-21T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:59:30","slug":"no-choice-and-still-some-cannot-see-weird-beard-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=22493","title":{"rendered":"No Choice \u2013 \u2018And Still Some Cannot See\u2019 <\/a>(Weird Beard Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Way back in 2015 when influential Cardiff based punk rockers No Choice decided to call it a day, I was the person the band\u2019s frontman Gagz decided to share the news with first. I was co-running and writing for Uber Rock back then and I\u2019d been raving about the band\u2019s 2012 released third album \u2018Thru It\u2019 to anyone and everyone who would listen to me, and checking up with Gagz to find out how that record\u2019s follow up was shaping up, it came as a real shock to not only find that band didn\u2019t feel like they were in a position to write album number four, but also, not have the energy to once again enter into the whole write, record and gig process all over again. Yeah, they had some basic ideas worked up, but the motivation seemingly just wasn\u2019t there anymore, and to hear someone as passionate about his music as Gagz admit that it was probably best to draw a line under things as they stood was a very sad day indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward eight years then, and with the UK seemingly having gone to hell in a handcart and back again six hundred and sixty-six times over (and with possibly even more shit to follow), it\u2019s feels positively cathartic to finally have the fourth No Choice album blasting out of my stereo, and \u2018And Still Some Cannot See\u2019 sounds every bit as pissed off as I\u2019d hoped it would. Post Covid, it\u2019s a ten-track record that whilst dealing with the UK Government\u2019s more than obvious shortcomings also touches on such subject matters as addiction, narcissism, eugenics, racism, greed, and failure\u2026. and that pretty much sets the tone for what to expect, the guys having toughened up the No Choice sound especially for 2023. Then when Gagz recently explained that this record is also a heartfelt tribute to his sadly departed and dear friend Mr Gared O\u2019Donnell from Planes Mistaken For Stars the \u201cgo for the throat\u201d approach suddenly makes even more sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning with Gagz for this much tougher, more abrasive sounding record are guitarist Mowgli and drummer Lewis, whilst picking up bass duties this time around is Kaney. Beginning the recording process at Stompbox Studios in Cardiff towards the back end of 2022 with producer (and Bastard Son guitarist) Todd Campbell, opener \u2018Sold City\u2019 catapults the listener straight into that moshpit in your mind, thanks to Mowgli\u2019s ferocious six string riffing and Gagz trademark barbed wire vocals and clocking in at just 1 minute and forty-four seconds it pretty much sets out the blueprint for what is about to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights are plentiful within the grooves of \u2018And Still Some Cannot See\u2019 and amongst them are \u2018Sites And Sounds\u2019, a thundering tirade against toxic masculinity and a tune which whilst not having what you might call \u201ca conventional chorus\u201d still manages to get stuck in your head, and then there\u2019s the hugely impressive \u2018Icons\u2019, a tune I first heard over a year ago at a low key support slot No Choice played at a local pub and instantly recognisable again here. Elsewhere \u2018The Snakes Took Out Ladders\u2019 is not only a great song title but also a punchy just shy of two minute anthem that would have been a prime candidate for a single back in the day, and then there\u2019s the band\u2019s very own \u2018Lust For Life\u2019 in album closer \u2018More Fool The Man\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not going to guide you track by track through \u2018And Still Some Cannot See\u2019 though because it\u2019s a record that deserves everyone discover it for themselves, it\u2019s one of those punk rock records that operates on many different levels, with each one designed to make you scream your head off, and I have to say that in \u2018Warrior\u2019 the band may very well have written their best tune yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018And Still Some Cannot See\u2019 is available right now on pink vinyl and download from Weird Beard Records (simply follow the link below to get your hands on one) or alternatively you\u2019ll find copies in Spillers Records Cardiff and Kriminal Records Newport and hopefully via Pig at this weekend\u2019s Slugfest at Abertillery Park, and if all that fails you can also email Gagz at gagzrox1963@gmail.com<\/a> for a copy or if you are interested in putting a live No Choice show on anytime soon this is also the best way of getting in touch with the guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s great to have No Choice back, it really is, they are an essential voice of conscience within the UK punk rock scene. Hear them roar and relish every second of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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