Look out August 7th! We'll be releasing 'Serve To Serve Again' by Vintage Crop! A crusher of an album from the Geelong Aus-punks, their full-pelt bounce tempered with flailing guitar lines and sardonic commentary.
Have a listen to first track 'Gridlock' now, a timely nod to frustration - “the hustle and bustle of inner-city traffic is driving me nuts because the radios on static”. The most vigorous, glorious racket imaginable!
Available to pre-order on LP now here.
Over
the last four years Geelong group Vintage
Crop have become a burgeoning force in the Australian punk scene. Their
burly, brusque yet supple songs have evolved from the garage rock of 2017’s ‘TV
Organs’ album into the post-punk panic attack of last year’s ‘Company Man’ EP.
Now they’ve sculpted their sound further, the barrage now offset with robust
songwriting. Vintage Crop still dish-up
plenty of commanding stomp, their lyrics remain as keen-eyed as ever, but now
they’re unafraid to mess with the tempo and drive their point home.
‘Serve
To Serve Again’ is Vintage Crop’s third full-length album. It was recorded by
Mikey Young after a year of playing solid shows, including tours in Europe and
the UK alongside Louder Than Death and URSA and some of the band’s biggest
shows to date in Australia with Amyl & The Sniffers, R.M.F.C. and The
Stroppies. This allowed Vintage Crop to nail the songs live before committing
them to tape, pulling and pushing ideas, stretching them into new-found
territories. ‘First In Line’ races off the blocks with its sawtooth riff and
splintered beat, all jagged edges and ragged vocals. Quickly follow a pair of
totemic bruisers in the guise of ‘The Ladder’ and ‘The North’, both brimming
with a nigh anthemic quality, confident in their faculty to rouse the rabble.
‘Jack’s Casino’ is a lurching romp about gambling, ‘Streetview’ is similarly
propellent, only choosing to meander and divert itself with cryptic trips
around the neighbourhood: “He only moved to that side of town because the
postcode is worth it’s weight in gold”.
‘Just
My Luck’ prowls with a shared thrumming verve, whilst ‘Everyday Heroes’ closes
out the album with measured flair. Skewed and fervent, rangy at times yet
always assured in its intent ‘Serve To Serve Again’ is long-legged leap for
Vintage Crop into the delirious now. These songs strive to make sense of
futility, they criticise the chain of command, question privilege and most
importantly make us want more from life. How very now!
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