Filth Byrds – Standing In Line (Time To Be Proud)

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Bangor’s Filth Byrds lengthy awaited vinyl launch is filled with bangers and tough spherical the perimeters. Punk throughout the ages is the widespread affect from storage to the primary wave of bands in 1977 and early hardcore. That is how soiled working class rock’n’roll ought to sound.

Because the “it’s nonetheless not out” messages filtered by way of from Filth Byrds about one more delay to the vinyl launch of this album, they revealed it had all the time been their dream to make a vinyl LP. They have been on the right track to just do that however then covid got here alongside and derailed them. The issue with vinyl nowadays is delay after delay. Whereas it has come out in 2023, by rights it ought to actually have come out earlier than their final full size providing, the raucous Filth (CD and obtain) album. This album is one other in a protracted line of excellent releases from Norn’ Irn – a comparatively small space that has all the time punched nicely above its weight. It has additionally been launched on a Belfast label that focuses on native bands. You’ll be able to hear a few of that heritage within the sound however it’s numerous drawing on punk rock from the USA West Coast as a lot as Belfast.

A couple of seconds of suggestions rely in Blame which begins with a whizzy guitar in a music that blends first wave punk, storage and a splash of Oi! Simply as you put together to settle in, pondering the place this file goes to take you, they comply with it with a excessive octane little hardcore quantity. I Don’t Know’s whiny refrain screams Keith Morris period Black Flag or Circle Jerks.  Waste My Days is a stable mid-paced quantity with shades of Leatherface – very very like the previous NI band Monkhouse, who it seems guitarist and singer Keith was in years again. The gravelly, almost-but-not-quite-tuneful vocal on the refrain has shades of Jake Burns’ supply and the crescendo ending the music is pure SLF behaviour.

Earlier than Daz Kapital begins the title makes me marvel if a Darren M. Kapital was an sadly named mate of theirs? In all probability not. The lifeless pan delivered vocals embody strains about “future Tories” “class traitor’ and announce “we don’t such as you” with the degrees of sarcasm you’d anticipate from Sleaford Mods. This rhythmic tune has a garagey really feel on the verses pushed by a repetitive guitar line, switching the tempo for a dash on the choruses. They even drop in a really storage type clinking clanking guitar solo.

Yer Not Punk is one other rock’n’rolling storage influenced tune with loads of swing on the drums. Once more, it’s a music that’s led by a surf type guitar riff and uneven riffs on the refrain. Whoever the music is geared toward, they clearly want bringing down a peg or two as Keith sings “I received’t kiss your arse” The transient solo has a contact of the Johnny Thunders about it. Hell, the entire music has one thing of that Heartbreakers method.  You’ll be able to name it rock’n’roll however we all know it’s punk rock! In some methods the variety of music writing on this album makes it a bit like a journey by way of numerous completely different eras of punk.  This isn’t a foul factor, as a result of it’s all the good things that involves thoughts.

Name Round is an unadulterated punk rock tune with an exquisite roving bass line and a tough edged guitar. In line with the sound it’s about that point honoured punk rock topic of getting nowhere to go. Should you had instructed me it was an undiscovered first wave punk music from NI pioneers Rudi or The Outcasts and even an early SLF demo I’d have swallowed it. All 3 of these bands have one thing of a shared sonic DNA. Keith’s gravelly vocals nearly break at occasions on the choruses in a similar way to the aforementioned Jake Burns. Truthful play for making an attempt to hit these notes and succeeding.

Suburban Saturday Night time is a bouncy quantity in a quick punk type that bands like 999, The Toy Dolls or in latter days The Briefs managed to good – besides with these gravelly vocals on the verses it is a little more tough spherical the perimeters. Pogo-tastic!

Hearken to Suburban Saturday Night time by Filth Byrds

Standing In Line (about one other punk rock staple, signing on on the dole workplace) is one other punchy quantity with hints of hardcore. The exasperated singing nearly reaches a screech. The descending single string guitar within the center 8 actually underlines that early HC sound.

Habit is one other quantity that sits completely nicely with the Northern Eire punk rock custom, and in addition featured on the Filth album. Think about a 4 Skins riff being performed by a storage band. The drop out in direction of the tip of the music reveals a fantastically chunky bass sound. Pity is a tad slower that many of the songs on this launch however has all of the dust you’d discover in a dirty storage.

The CD model has 4 extra tracks drawn from earlier EPs proceed in an identical vein of soiled working class rock’n’roll with roving bass strains and buzzy guitar tone with flexible strings and gruff vocals. Generally I Surprise might be in regards to the previous (and infrequently resurgent) divisions in Northern Eire however applies equally across the globe. Wistful day dream meets road politics: “Generally I ponder, how superb it could be, to line up politicians and shoot them lifeless on the road.” Yesterday has a splendidly woody bass line that once more has me making an attempt to not affiliate this band with SLF and failing.

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