Brassneck / Waterslide / Rad Girlfriend / SBÄM (2023)
I have a major complaint with this album. I get it in the mail, I'm excited to hear something new by a band that I like and it's only eight songs? How dare Spoilers write eight perfect melodic punk songs and have the temerity to stop there and not write three or four more? I am being deprived of more great melodic punk and I won't stand for it. Sure, sure it's very clear on every label's website that it's a mini album, but do you expect me to admit that I didn't notice that at first? Am I supposed to cop to the fact that maybe the band didn't release this only with me in mind? Never.
All kidding and stupidity aside, whether this release was two songs or twenty songs long, it would be in the upper echelon of albums I've heard this year. I've liked Spoilers for a while now and have all of their other records, but this one is hitting me differently this time. There's so many amazing hooks and melodies in this album. In the past I'd compared them to Demma-era Snuff, but they've evolved a bit from there and while that Snuff energy is still there for sure, I'm really hearing a different kind of melody, a Crocodile God/Mark Murphy style delivery that punches me right in the face.
I really can't say enough good things about this album and I was serious when I said every song is pretty much perfect. I very selfishly wish there were a few more songs on here, but only because I just want more once the record ends. Hopefully Spoilers are hard at work and have more songs in the hopper ready to for a full or maxi or whatever we need to call the album type to get me more of these great songs.
Spoilers - There or Thereabouts:
https://brassneckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/there-or-thereabouts
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