Reel Big Fish - Walking On Sunshine

 

1. Who are Reel Big Fish? 

Reel Big Fish are a ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. They started making music in 1991 and have 9 albums to their name and are most famous for their AHA cover. Ice Nine Kills are a heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, that join them on this one off single for an American Psycho comic book soundtrack; Walking On Sunshine (July, 2024).

2. What does Walking On Sunshine sound like? 

Walking On Sunshine sounds like the excrement of a cheap-beer-drinking, street-food-eating, American backpacker after two weeks in Thailand, that has been spread like jam on hot toast. It is vile excrement, an abortion, finger-nails-running-down-a-blackboard unbearable. Not just a car crash but a multi-car pile up with significant casualties and young children involved. If this was an attempt to evoke genuine disgust, shock and horror then it succeeded in spades. Walking On Sunshine is the sound of a stranger vomiting everything out and they are down to dry heaves and bile. There is no justification for this shit stain on humanity existing, it is a cacophony of noise, discordant, incongruous and jarring. This should have been aborted at the stage of conception, late term or with coat wire hangers in an alley; it just has no good reason to exist. Jesus wept on the cross because he knew one day Reel Big Fish would play Walking On Sunshine. It's not very good, listen to Beer instead.

3. Which bands do Reel Big Fish sound like? 

Less Than Jake, No Doubt. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Save Ferris. 

4. Which bands influenced Reel Big Fish? 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Operation Ivy, The Specials, and Madness. 

5. What have the cut and paste merchants said about Walking On Sunshine? 

"A spectacularly fun cover" - Kerrang! 

"The perfect ballance of both genres over lapping and coming to the front when needed" - Is This Music? 

"Genre blending cover" - MXDWN.

"I used to think baby you loved me,

Now baby I'm sure"

SHARP/SHOCK - Troublemaker

1.    Who are SHARP/SHOCK?

SHARP/SHOCK are a punk band from Southern California. The singer and guitarist are British/Kiwi. SHARP/SHOCK started in 2015 and Troublemaker (Oct'17) is the third single from their debut album Unlearn Everything (2017).

2. What kind of song is Troublemaker?

Troublemaker sounds like classic British punk with a ska undertone but a modern drum sound. Clash guitar and Jam vocals while the bass bubbles and the drums drive hard to the finish line. No-ones reinventing the wheel here.

3. Who do SHARP/SHOCK sound like?

The Spitfires, The Clash, and The Jam.

4. What is the good word on Troublemaker?

“Fucking ace!” - YouTube Comments. 

“Love this music”- YouTube Comments. 

“Absolutely love it” – YouTube Comments. 

5. Which bands have influenced SHARP/SHOCK?

Oasis, The Cure, Madness, The English Beat, and The Specials.

6. Why should I give Troublemaker a spin?

You like The Jam. You like classic roots, rock, reggae.

7. Have they got any other bangers?

Try Away From The Man.

8. Any more words?

SHARP/SHOCK released their second album Youth Club today.

“You wrote ‘I Fought The Law’,

But the law won that day”

Autonomics are an garage rock/power pop band from Portland, Oregon. They have been making tunes since 2008 and have one album Debt Sounds (2017). Autonomics have been compared to The Thermals and The Dandy Warhols. They are influenced by Japandroids and The Strokes. Bad Blood is an album track from Debt Sounds and Japandroids come through thick on this one. Fucking quality. Autonomics are a band on the rise.

“We drove away from the city, drove away from the city

We were never gonna die, we were never gonna die”