Rundown Kreeps – We All Go
Similar artists: Rancid, Bouncing Souls, Social Distortion, The Interrupters, Audio Karate, Street Dogs
Genre: Skate Punk, Punk, Pop Punk
Try writing your first song, and you’ll be surprised to find out that it probably sucks. I mean, of course, it’s wonderful that you completed a song. Most musicians never get to do that. But what were the odds that it was going to be any good?
Try writing thousands of songs. If you’re still excited about doing it, chances are that you’re songs are going to be quite good. What are the odds that after writing thousands of tunes, you’ll still be incapable of coming up with a decent one?
It’s basic math, I guess, but not the kind that applies to most musicians. That vast majority quit too soon or never get to complete the songs on which they started work.
Rundown Kreeps’s punk-friendly, Rancid-inspired, We All Go sounds like the work coming from people that have worked on many, many tunes before getting to this one. It’s still a fast-paced, power-chord-friendly number. But all of the clever choices are coming from people that have paid their dues in the trenches.
Last Quokka – Eat the Rich
Similar artists: Amyl And The Sniffers, IDLES, Pinch Points, The Chats
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
The only people out to change the world are either those not on the winning side of things or those who are moved by some sort of code. The latter makes for a rare, unpredictable bunch.
Which leaves us with the only heroes that we can depend upon. These are the folks who don’t have their bellies full. They are the ones that can observe the ills of the world.
It doesn’t mean that they’ll always feel this way. It doesn’t a vast amount to make a man change his mind about what he used to view as vile and evil. Still, as long as they share this opinion, they are the few who demand actual change.
Last Quokka’s Eat the Rich is an aggressive, bitter punk-rock tune against The 1%. The tune presents them as filthy, degenerate creatures working to enslave others. And, while the song carries a real punch, the social critique doesn’t move beyond the hatred. It’ll have to do for now.
