Self Released (2024)
I wrote about Bad Idea's full length, Sonic Hellride, last year. This year, they followed it up with a five song, 12" EP. I'll throw in my obligatory complaint that I really don't like EPs as I prefer a full length or a single if you want to get less than a full course meal out into the world. It just always seems like a waste to press up an LP but not put an LPs worth of music on it. But that's far from a complaint unique to Bad Idea, they're just the record in front of me right now.
Like their album from last year, this EP has songs very much in the straight up punk rock space, occasionally leaning towards a more hardcore sound and sometimes having a garage-y sort of vibe. In general this sort of thing is fine for me, but it's also not the kind of music that typically fits neatly into my wheelhouse. I'm usually into a poppier sound...
Which the band is obviously capable of after one listen to the best song on here "Too Good To Die." Does that main chord progression sound kind of familiar, of course, but they band still gets milage out of it by putting their own spin on things. And as I mentioned last time I wrote about the band, they have a really great singer which helps them stand head and shoulders above other bands with similar sounds, who always seem to have uniquely shitty singers.
I think folks that are into meat and potatoes punk rock more than I am will get more milage out of this EP than I do. It wouldn't surprise me for someone to listen to this and have the exact opposite opinion as me and think "Too Good To Die" stands out in a less than positive way from the others. But I think we'd all agree that Bad Idea is very good at whatever they are doing.
Bad Idea - Breakout 12":
https://badideampls.bandcamp.com/album/breakout
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