{"id":10487,"date":"2024-02-20T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=10487"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:54:17","slug":"river-city-rebels-return-with-their-first-physical-release-in-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=10487","title":{"rendered":"River City Rebels return with their first physical release in 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">EP REVIEW: River City Rebels &#8211; Pop Culture Baby (Screaming Crow Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a few years away, Vermont punk rock &#8216;n&#8217; rollers River City Rebels make a welcome return with a four-song EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formed back in 1997, the New Englanders released seven albums and a string of singles before going their separate ways in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five years on, founding member\/frontman Dan &#8216;Bopper&#8217; O&#8217;Day got the band back together, and fast forward five more years he&#8217;s joined by yet another new line-up, featuring Marc Conti, Izzy DeSimone, Kody Sanborn and Adam Allard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first fruit of their labours was a digital-only single, <em>Humble Me<\/em>, last year, and now they&#8217;re back with their first physical release since 2014&#8217;s <em>Head To Hell<\/em> single, for the same label.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1.jpg?resize=640%2C391\" alt=\"river city rebels\" class=\"wp-image-10212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C625&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C469&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C938&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1251&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/river-city-rebels-2024-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The new line-up of the reformed River City Rebels.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s four prime slices of catchy-as-hell glam-inflected guitar-driven punk. Lead track <em>Pop Culture Baby<\/em> is all New York Dolls-style swagger and attitude as O&#8217;Day sings &#8220;you don&#8217;t fuck with art, you&#8217;re a pop culture baby&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second song <em>Rock A Cross<\/em> likens following a religion to being addicted to drugs, with more slashing guitars and gang vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Unless You&#8217;re White<\/em>, which kicks off the B-side, calls out racism, while last track <em>Abuse Myself<\/em> flashes past in less than a minute and a half, leaving you wanting more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully this EP is just a taste of things to come from the River City Rebels, because on this evidence they&#8217;re back with a bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Pop Culture Baby<\/em> EP is available on four different colours on 7in vinyl. You can check it out at the River City Rebels Bandcamp page <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/river-city-rebels.bandcamp.com\/album\/pop-culture-baby\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EP REVIEW: River City Rebels &#8211; Pop Culture Baby (Screaming Crow 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