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There's more to life than surfin'!

What a bonus it is when two things you love collide and with this band this is very much the case. Now Cornwall isn't the first place that I think of when I think of punk rock, or indeed vice versa, but here we have my favourite holiday destination along with my chosen genre of music - so what? You may very well think, well so what indeed as this is a band that deserve as much exposure as my Lillie-white belly. They sound a little like The Lawrence Arms or Dear Landlord with the short-sharp shot of punk and scratchy-gravelly vocals, but ultimately give us a lot more.

Greeting us at the door is first song, 'Making Friends' which will have you pumping your fist from the outset, and then in, 'Wild Times, Outrageous Lies' we have more a thoughtful song, whilst there is a tongue-in-cheek observation and realisation in the lyrics of, 'Church Street In Ruins' that anyone who has spent any time in Kernow will understand. There is something raw about the band that is refreshing and enlightening, with the open lyrics shouted out by Roo Pescod, the chugging guitars and infectious beats. This is socially aware punk rock, and its great that it's British.

There is then the slow burner of, 'Every Night's A Date Night', and you can hear bands like The Loved Ones and Devon's Crazy Arm in 'The Love Nest'. "Everything I own // Is lost or broken!" sings Roo in the riff-tastic, 'Integral Faults' before we have the lyric-rich genius of 'Irritants' that is one of those songs that is punk rock but with emo writing skills. Brilliant.

Bangers are a band that can take a simple subject matter, add some killer riffs, a chugging bassline and some slamming drumbeats before laying down some thoughtful and humorous lyrics. 'Geeks And Paedophiles' is another fine example of this. The bass then lays down a thick line before the guitars kick into, 'Wizard Wise', changing slightly the musical structure with success, before the album concludes with the fast-paced, 'A New Raymondo'.

At first listen you may think that the band are a bunch of serious punks that have a depressing outlook on life and are close to choosing which way is best to leave this so-called life, however if you listen carefully you realise that this is all dark humour and sarcasm. This is a band's musical snapshot on life, and do you know what? It sounds bloody good. This isn't the Street Punk of The Strawberry Blondes, nor is it the epic rock journey of Crazy Arm, no, this is a band that understands your average man; sometimes they'll buy him a pint, and other times they punch him in the face. However the bottom line is that this is a great and exciting album. Punk rock is coming home...