Cross Good Charlotte, Allister and Less Than Jake with some cheeky chappies and you’ve got Brummies Skatch. For a five-tracker by an unsigned – and relatively unknown – band, this is a lot of fun. Disposable, bouncy, chipper and chirpy, Skatch have the ability to put a smile on your face. If you sound like GC, you can’t take yourself seriously at all and Skatch are far from a serious band – it’s all about the fun for these guys.
To put this EP into perspective, it’s not the best you’ll ever hear but it is a barrel of laughs. ‘Sunshine State Of Mind’ has the kind of Madden-esque vocals Good Charlotte have trademarked, while the MXPX-influenced ‘Party, My House’ is a pop-punk gem with horns. And while the sum of all of the parts should sound horribly cliched and generic, this actually brightened up an extremely dull and wet drive to work. It’s nothing new or special, but it’s a whole lot of fun and for that, they deserve a big thumbs up.