Taken from Soundflat:“Edgar Suit are back with a brand new 6 tracks Mlp, “A Few Fun Facts About The End Of The World”. If you haven’t heard yet their first Lp “Despise All Humans”, you’ll be thrilled by their power pop/indie sound, 5 originals and a cool cover of the Batmen “Bubble Skies”, nice tribute to their elders from their native town Grenoble…”
“En 1988 les Snappin’ Boys sortaient leur 3ème et dernier album intitulé “Domino Punch Out”. 35 ans plus tard, une bande de gosses des pentes de la Croix-Rousse biberonnés au rock de leurs ainés décidaient de dépoussiérer quelques vieux tubes ayant marqués leur génération et d’en faire leur propre version en y apportant leur touche et leurs influences. Ainsi naquit Snappin’ Brats !
Cet ouvrage est un hommage à la scène Rock de Lyon et ses environs, de la fin des années 70 à nos jours.
In 1988 the Snappin’ Boys released their 3rd and final album, “Domino Punch Out”. 35 years later, a bunch of kids from Croix-Rousse in Lyon (France) who had been fed up with the rock n’ roll roots of their elders decided to dust off some of the old hits that had marked their generation and make their own version, adding their own touch and influences. And so Snappin’ Brats was born!
This is a tribute to the rock scene in and around Lyon, from the late 70s to the present day.”
Taken from Soundflat: “Cool project from our friends The Beaten Brats (best gang in town) who invited Don Roberto Lapassade, legendary french singer (Killdozer /Snappin’Boys) to join them to sing two Snappin’Boys songs that appeared at the time on the Jeff Eyrich 1988 produced album “Domino Punch Out”… They thought that these tracks were too good to only be heard with this 80’s digital production, and decided to give it a second life with their incredible glam / punk / guitar sound signature, and they were damn right! Theo Charaf’s guitar is on fire, sounding like a 70’s Thin Lizzy / Cheap Trick chartbuster, while Pierrick and Joey’s rhythm section is paving the way for Robert’s voice, still soul and powerful as before… Produced by Pierrick Jullin at Java Club Studios, Chicago / Rhône, mastered by Daniel Husayn at North London Bomb Factory. Our friend Charly Markarian was also involved in this project to bring his fantastic guitar laying, but died two years ago, before the sessions began, this single is for him.”
“Time & Matter Records are delighted to announce the release of the brand new album by the Coventry based 3-piece Long Good Fridays.
‘Closure’ contains 11 brooding slabs of prime post punk, and the two paintings which have been used for the album’s front and back cover were licensed exclusively for this release by T&M. They were painted by the renowned artist Colin ‘Colsk’ Latter (@studio_latter), who happens to also be the former frontman of the 1980s punk luminaries FLUX OF PINK INDIANS, and it was his iconic artwork that graced some of their influential releases.
The album also comes with a free sticker featuring Colin’s much loved ‘All The Arms We Need’ drawing and the accompanying CD booklet contains all the lyrics to the album.
LONG GOOD FRIDAYS are:
Jati Heer – Guitar & Vocals Nathan Jessup – Bass & Vocals James Taylor – Drums
ARTWORK STORY:
The story behind the artwork on the front and back covers of the album is something that delights the band’s bassist Nath, who grew up influenced by not only the punk and post-punk bands from the late Seventies and early Eighties, but also by the ethics and attitude of the DIY anarcho punk scene.
Colsk, who used to do all of the artwork for Flux, and also Spiderleg Records, plus some very early stuff on One Little Indian Records, has commented that he’s “delighted to be part of ‘sleeve art’ again after all these years. I love the idea of being involved in band artwork once more.”
His two large paintings used for the album artwork (90cm x 70cm) are entitled ‘Workshop Self-Portrait’ & ‘Vegas Wedding’, the latter (pardon the pun!) being based on a photograph taken at his step-daughter’s wedding.”
“Oisi dritt EP mit 6 Tunes für die neghst Generation!”
Taken from Kink Records: “GRÜZE PACK aus der Schweiz mit ihrer mittlerweile dritten EP. Sie heisst “Generation next” und beinhaltet sechs hässige HC-Punk-Brecher. “Hinder Gitter” und “Abolish Frontex” verhandeln Europas mörderisches Grenzregime, an welchem die Schweiz beteiligt ist und maximal davon profitiert. “Immersho” und “Ide Sxhwiiz 2” drehen die rechte Mär von der Spaltung der Gesellschaft durch Covid auf den Kopf und schaffen wieder Klassen-bewusstein, wo Klassenverrat herrschte. Der Titeltrack sowie “Kei Ode” richten sich schliesslich in horrendem Tempo an die nächste Generation. Die Zeit für Party ist vorbei: “Di neghst wos git / we smart, we fit / wird Zäh usbiisse / ade Klimakrise / Refugeekrise / Pandemie / Die negsht wos git / Generation gfickt!”
