Brassneck / My Ruin / Combat Rock / Shield / Sell The Heart (2024)
I have such fondness for Custody. In addition to being PopKid alumni (We still have a few copies of their incredible Blistered Soul 7" in the PopKid Webstore & Bandcamp) they are also perhaps the most consistent and reliable melodic punk band going. With two prior LPs and a half dozen singles under their belt, it's no surprise to me that their third full length, appropriately called 3, is another triumph.
After writing about so many of their records, it's difficult to describe their sound without repeating myself a bit. My go to comparisons are the melodic hooks of Samiam mixed with the dynamic guitar work of Leatherface. That's not the be all end all of what they sound like, but it's certainly as good a starting point as any. And if it's not obvious, comparing Custody to two absolute pillars of punk rock is no accident. If you like Samiam or Leatherface, I just can't fathom you not being able to find something to love about Custody as well.
Compared to their prior albums, 3 shows Custody once again being as great as ever. They aren't reinventing the wheel here. Instead they're refining their songs that one step further to perfect them, rather than change what they are doing for the sake of it. The ten tracks on this latest album are as good as anything they've done previously. Searing guitar work, gigantic hooks and the sort of impassioned vocals that you just can't help but sing along to if you happened to be driving around listening to the album in your car at an unreasonable volume (or so I've heard).
Every Custody record is incredible and every Custody release is bittersweet for me. They are a band that I wish I could have just kept putting everything out on PopKid. They'd be quite the flag bearers, but I'm happy for all of the other labels involved as they've been able to add another classic to their catalogs.
Custody - 3:
https://custody.bandcamp.com/album/3
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