It seems
like a long time ago now, but back in the nineties some rock and roll
in the form of an double bass started to make its presence felt in
melodic punk bands.
Bands
like The Living End and The Peacocks had the purist 'billy fans throw
their hands up in despair in a similar fashion to how older
generations always do as they bemoan that 'that's not how it is
supposed to be played'.
I
remember going to see The Living End on what must have been their
first UK tour and the sound guy just didn't have a clue what to do
about the bass.
Thankfully
the bands with their double basses were having too much fun to have
their train derailed and nary a fuck was given, and quite rightly
so.
Now The
Peacocks from Switzerland's who were one of the first to kick down
the doors* are back.
With some
fantastic releases already tucked under their belts, and literally
thousands of club gigs left littered behind them they return to the fray
with their latest on 'People like you Records' and it may just be
their best.
In fact
scratch that. 'Don't Ask' is their best.
It's
fourteen tracks of polished, but not too polished, punky goodness
wrapped in that driving signature slap bass.
The
musicianship has always been top notch, but on this release the
song-writing has matured and has reached the level that as a band
they could compete with any of the stadium players in the genre they
are in.
Just as
everyone is getting into a bit of a state about Green Day being on
the cusp of releasing three albums straight here's the Peacocks
slipping in the back door, and delivering an album that if you seek it
out will provide plenty of ear-worms that don't have any discernible
expiry date.
This is
actually the album that everyone who likes their punk poppy, but
still retaining a modicum of exhilarating toughness to it, should be
excited about.
Don't let it be an underground classic.
Buy it and shake the status quo up.
*Yeah. I
know. The Stray Cats and Levi & The Rockats were doing it far
earlier, but that was a different sound and far closer to the
traditional sound of rock and roll than bands like The Peacocks are.
People Like You Records
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