The Roughneck Riot "This is Our Day" Bomber Music UXB012
Release date: July 16th, 2012
Running time: 38h00, 12 tracks
Amazing album! Unexpected? Not at all. The Roughneck Riot shift towards a different end was already clear on “Same Again Tomorrow”, their 4 track EP released last year (Remember, you vote for them and they reached no. 6 at the best of 2011 EP list). Together with three songs from that EP,“This is Our Day”, “Same Again Tomorrow” and “Down and Out (a.k.a. Gun in Your Back)“, the guys from Warrington have recorded 9 new tracks. Twelve great tracks in 38 minutes.
The Roughneck Riot are together with Smokey Bastard the main exponents of the folk-punk made in England. So it’s not a surprise that both of them have released their second album with Bomber Music. In fact, one could say that both bands are following a parallel career. Of course, their sound is different, but they have drawn the same conclusion after having issued a self-released album: if you want to succeed in the folk-punk jungle, then you have to find your own way. Smokey Bastard decided to remove the Celtic-ism from their music and released a top-notch album. Now The Roughneck Riot have decided to get free from The Mahones/The Pogues’ influences on their songs and have issued a kick-ass album.
As all the fans have already downloaded “Ignorance is Easy” or have watched the video for that song, I will not talk about it. But I will tell that the beginning of the album is perfect with that Clash-y song, “This is Our Day” and a number that can seem a little bit dark, but is one of my faves, “Just Because”. I guess that track no. 6, “What About Us” could have been written after having toured with The Real McKenzies. It’s a fantastic Californian punk number, the sort of song that you can hear on the Drink Hunters debut album. “No Sense of Human” is a great punk-pop song à la Green Day. “Same Again Tomorrow” is the bastard son of Neck and The Electrics. And “Down & Out” is always on my head. I don’t know why but when I listen to this song I remember Midnight Oil.
If you think that a folk-punk band always need a fiddler or a tin whistle player, believe me, when you listen to The Roughneck Riot, you don’t miss those instruments. Banjo, mandolin, accordion and the electric instruments are enough when a huge amount of energy is added. “This is Our Day” is a mature effort, but, fortunately, the four boys and two girls from Warrington are delivering a young, fresh and catchy folk-punk album.
Track listing:
01 - Ignorance Is Easy 2:51
02 - This Is Our Day 3:23
03 - Just Because 3:29
04 - Waiting to Die 4:04
05 - Pissin in the Wind 3:27
06 - What About Us? 2:34
07 - Torn Away 3:31
08 - I Won’t Live in Fear 3:05
09 - No Sense of Human 1:52
10 - Same Again Tomorrow 3:00
11 - Down & Out 3:07
12 - Million Miles 3:07
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Review by Kinksmarkham
Yes, Fantastic album !!!
ReplyDeleteGreat release, on repite for 3 days!
ReplyDeletethe problem a lot of people have with smokey bastard is (apart from their complete lack of respect for Irish artists old and new...and also the Irish!) they havent removed the 'celtic-ness' at all they've just said they have and then try to pass off what their doing as english folk.this is slao known as cultural appropriation...also known as stealing!
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