{"id":26901,"date":"2025-08-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26901"},"modified":"2025-08-19T23:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:05:34","slug":"joe-and-the-shitboys-greatest-shits-alcopop-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26901","title":{"rendered":"Joe And The Shitboys – ‘Greatest Shits’ (Alcopop Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the windswept, sheep-dotted cliffs of the Faroe Islands comes a band that are anything but pastoral.\u00a0Joe & The Shitboys, self-described \u201cqueer vegan shitpunks\u201d, have been raising hell, ruffling feathers, and flipping the script since their chaotic inception, and now they\u2019re ready to unleash their\u00a0debut LP,\u00a0Greatest Shits<\/em>, via\u00a0Alcopop! Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A compilation of the band\u2019s first three releases\u2014each originally pressed on 7\u201d vinyl due to their rapid-fire 10-minute lengths\u2014 ‘Greatest Shits’<\/em>\u00a0also features a bunch of brand new tracks recorded straight to analogue tape. It\u2019s a vital, venomous, and vibrantly unfiltered collection from one of punk\u2019s most exhilarating and unique new voices, giving anything from down under a run for their bad hair cut money and (probably shit fashion sense).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you get balls deep into this a mix of ragged punk mixed with the more artsy side like PAvement or DKs mixed in with early Lemonheads and a vibrant wreckless abandonment like ‘Wonderwall’ which sounds like the instruments tied to the back of a tractor and dragged around a field would sound like before the excellent tribute to wrestling legend ‘Macho Man Randy Savage’ kicks in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So there might be thirty seven tracks here but you don’t need to dig deep to hear the three second blast of ‘Fuck’ or the eleven seconds of ‘Eat Ass You Fucking Coward’ you know the drill it might be nothing new but its a lot of fun and highly addictive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Joe taking the mic and a rotating cast of Shitboys behind him (currently Ziggy Shit, Johnny Shit, and Ollie Shit), the band became a lightning rod for resistance against the backwards, macho values that persist in their homeland\u2019s music scene. Their goal? Skewer toxic culture with speed, wit, and the occasional ass joke. Job done and an album to be proud of, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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