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You are probably thinking exactly what I thought
when I received this EP by Nanas Revenge and that’s
that they sound as punk rock as a group of nannies
sat down on Sunday afternoon watching the snooker
whilst racing to see who could knit the next Christmas
jumper first, well that’s not the case, I
was pleasantly surprised Nanas Revenge are a forceful
UK based punk rock outfit who I could listen to
over and over again and not get bored, however whilst
my views on this band are mainly positive I will
get the negative comments on the way first.
The first band that brought me into the UK underground
punk rock scene was a local band to me called
the 4FT Fingers, the band were and in my eyes
still are one of the best bands in the UK underground
scene, Nanas Revenge have been going for 6 years
now and supported the 4FT Fingers when they were
at their prime selling out all the toilet sized
venues all over the country, they even headed
off to Cottage Road Studios to record their debut
EP 'Man Down', which happens to be the same studios
that the 4FT Fingers headed to in the past. If
you listen to 'A Foot In The Door' which happens
to be the first track from the Nanas Revenge EP
then I would forgive you if you mistaked the song
for the first track from 4FT Fingers A Cause For
Concern album called 'Head Held High' as Johnny
Smith's lead vocals sound so much like those of
4FT Fingers frontman Rob Crebbin, the duel guitar
riffs from Johnny Smith and Sam Sharp sound exactly
like those that Rob Crebbin and Tom Saunders were
bashing out back in 2004 when they were at the
top of their game. It will be interesting to see
Nanas Revenge to tour with 4FT Fingers again and
see how the band goes down with the 4FT Fingers
crowd and if the fans notice how similar the two
bands are in places.
Now if you are a 4FT Fingers fan you might find
it hard to take Nanas Revenge seriously as they
are a totally unoriginal band, but seriously don’t
let that put you off as if you can manage to see
past the huge 4FT Fingers comparison then you
will realise that Nanas Revenge are a really rocking
band, their new EP 'A Man Down' features 7 punk
rock tracks and runs for just over 22minutes which
is more than enough time for you to come up with
a half decent opinion on the band.
There are some proper kick arse tracks on the
EP, for example take a listen to 'We Can Change
It', it features a really bouncy bass line and
some rip roaring punk rock style guitar riffs,
the vocals are rawer sounding than the opening
track which could come as a blessing to some people,
the song is a big fun slice of English punk rock
that deserves to be listened to really loud.
'Major Tom' is another great song, it has some
really big sing along moments but it’s all
done in that raw punk rock edge that I have really
grown to love over the years, Johnny Smith has
a really good set of vocals that he can change
ever so slightly from song to song, the backing
vocals also add dynamics to the song, the guitar
riffs are once again coming at you at 100 miles
per hour in a true punk rock fashion and Dan Powell
even gives his drum set a good smacking mid song
with his constantly fast drumming.
The introduction to 'Riger Mortis' reminds me
of the kind of introductions that the gypsy punks
Gogol Bordello would come up with, it’s
fun, random and builds up to be quite a fast tune.
'Home And Away' starts off with a really slow
introduction with the drum beats and guitar riffs
coming in lightly, the vocals start off really
soft spoken but as soon as the chorus kicks in
the band kicks off into their big and loud sound
that sounds so much like 4FT Fingers again, just
this time around the vocals tend to sound a lot
more rawer.
Nanas Revenge are a huge skate punk band from
the UK, they have the potential to go far, I really
like the band, they are fun, they have a big punk
rock attitude, they know how to make big and loud
music and they seriously don’t fuck about.
I grew up listening to this style of music and
I am really glad that there are still bands around
that can kick out this style of skate punk, 'Man
down' is the bands first release on Lockjaw Records
and I doubt it will be their last release on the
label as well.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Johnny Smith (Guitar, Vocals)
Chris Hocknell (Bass)
Dan Powell(Drums, Vocals)
Sammy Sharp (Guitar, Vocals) |
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1. A Foot in the Door
2. We Can Change It
3. Major Tom
4. Rigor Mortis
5. Home & Away
6. I Never Knew
7. Another Way |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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