Is this some kind of a joke? I kind of hope there is some comedian behind this, taking the p*** but I fear not. The cover has to be seen to be believed, a mocked up picture of a police car with one of the “band” having scrawled “The Absolute Belters” across the police logo – dangerous or what?
And the music, a hellish combination of the worst aspects of mock-Clash shape-throwing, with some aping of Hard-Fi (good at the time but critical re-appraisal perhaps showed up a few flaws, what happened to their second album?) Typical song titles include ‘Blue Flashing Light’, ‘Bollox to the Bouncers’ etc etc.
Good god, is this what “young” people expect these days, it’s just recycled “punk attitude” in the worst possible way – go back and listen to the real thing punters, this is a complete waste of time.
The press release, by the way, promises that this LP will “launch this irrepressible quartet into the rock world’s stratosphere” – launch into the stratosphere, yes, I’m all for that, just as long as they don’t come back and we can’t hear them.
