Homebrew having been doing the rounds for as long as I can remember. They don’t do pretentious punkrock, they just do straight up Rebellion festival style punk rock. They have all the elements on paper that I appreciate – they play fast, intense, slightly metallic sounding songs, keeping it simple, but working on perfecting the sound.
This 12 tracker is their latest opus, on Bombed Out Records. It doesn’t offer any surprises particularly – photos of Mohawks, skins and allusions to certain brands of cider, with plenty of political undertones.
The tunes are good, the musicianship is spot on and the production is well up there. There is an underlying feeling as you listen of a bit of a lack of imagination – there is nothing on here that hasn’t been done exactly like this before. Which is fine, but while this lot sound like a cross between 4ft Fingers and Hard Skin, they lack the cutting edge that both of these bands have. It’s decent, but it’s just a bit of a ‘take it or leave it’ affair.
Mike