SOSA THE SODA – Get This Started
Let’s get things going now! Let’s start something regardless of what will happen, of how we’ll do it, of the bills we’ll later need to pay! That attitude, in a nutshell, is the story of punk rock.
And, also, it’s the story of every young person who has ever taken a chance and, eventually, achieved something incredible. SOSA THE SODA has written a song, “Get This Started”, for just those kinds of people. There are a million details to consider about any plan. But what if you don’t? What if you just go for it?
Nobody ever said that listening to punk-rock would help you get into college. Nobody ever promised that going to shows on a weekly basis would increase your chances of employment. But, then again, nobody should ever assume that this was ever the point.
The pop punks that make up Sosa the Soda sound like they know a thing or two about falling down. But they make it known that they know just as much about getting back up. “Get This Started” could be the track you need to get you laced up and your skateboard. But, more importantly, it can be the anthem that you need to begin that important journey that you keep putting off. What’s the worst that can happen? Sosa the Soda fully supports you in your pursuits.
HMRC – Not Another Immigrant Song
Maybe things needed to get worse for punk songs to get better. I kept waiting for those sensational Trump-era songs, but the best I got was a few jingles about how the world wasn’t fair.
With things taking a turn for the apocalyptic, if you’re to trust the semi-respectable news organisations, punk’s about to say what it might not get a chance to anymore. Not all bands! Just ones like HMRC, and by the looks of it, these Newcastle natives are a rare bunch.
Yeah, yeah, they’re just as confused as you and me. Don’t go running to touch their clothes for healing. Don’t stalk ‘em and tattoo what they told you on your arm. But, at least, they’re not taking it all lying down.
“Not Another Immigrant Song” is a tense, grimy number. It all feels like trying to lift a tractor tyre above your head. But that’s what life feels like for a lot of people nowadays, especially those trying to make a better life for themselves, only to find that they’ve made the principal political motivation for people to vote for quasi-extremist parties in Britain, Germany, France, etc., etc.
But the HMRC isn’t advising you to pack it all in or burn it all down just yet. There might just be enough humanity left in there still. And if you pound on that bell long enough, the right people will show up to try and make thighs better.
