The Overrides – Shout
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Alternative Rock
The Overrides try to conquer their anxieties with the help of loud guitars and drums on their newest single Shout.
Keith Richard has many pieces of advice. Why not? Few men have outmanoeuvred death in a similar way. Still, few have seen so many allies fall by the wayside. It’s fair to assume that the man has accumulated some knowledge.
Richard says that no problem is big enough that it can’t be solved with the use of a guitar. If it can’t, it shouldn’t be judged as a problem. For many, making music is the cheaper alternative to therapy. It’s a way to make sense of life.
This is the case with The Overrides. The punk-rock combo digs up their fears and hardships on Shout. It’s not out of a selfish desire. They don’t desire empathy. It’s their attempt to deal with the mess. Once faced, it can be conquered. Once conquered, it can be changed. Overrides are tough. Their songs face trouble head-on.
the Rec – teenage teadrops
Genre: Post-Punk
the Rec combine nostalgia and hatred for the past on their single, teenage teadrops.
You’ll meet few people who wholeheartedly hate their past. Everyone has a tendency to get a bit teary-eyed when investigating the past. Times don’t even need to have been that great. People like the feeling of loss, I assume.
It’s a special kind of gloom. It’s the refusal to embrace the idea that some things are gone forever. Nowhere are these investigations more interesting than in the work of contemporary musicians. Do you know the story of the kid with a crappy life who gets rescued by an electric guitar? It’s practically every rock story.
the Rec dig into that cliche with a mix of nostalgia and ferocity. On teenage teadrops and the accompanying EP, the band that about life in 80s Britain. This wasn’t Plovdiv in the winter, but I gather it was no picnic either. the Rec manage to sound tied to the past, and desperate to escape here. British people have a special kind of sadness, best expressed through the medium of pop music.
