{"id":3428,"date":"2020-05-17T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2020-05-17T20:36:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T19:36:48","slug":"drunken-marksman-take-aim-at-societys-ills-on-their-debut-album-decline-of-mankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=3428","title":{"rendered":"Drunken Marksman take aim at society&#8217;s problems on their debut album Decline Of Mankind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALBUM\nREVIEW: Drunken Marksman \u2013 Decline Of Mankind (various labels)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunken-marksman-cover.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunken-marksman-cover.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunken-marksman-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunken-marksman-cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunken-marksman-cover.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Decline Of Marksman is the debut album by Drunken Marksman.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drunkenmarksman\/\">Drunken Marksman<\/a><\/strong> are a four-piece piece hardcore punk band from South Wales, and this is their debut album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are a DIY band, made up of ex-members of This System Kills, Rectify, Classified Protest and The Guntys, who are doing things their own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hadn&#8217;t heard them before, but their mission statement is to \u201dwrite songs, make noise, have fun, tell it as it is!\u201d and they certainly succeed on this eight-track album, which I like more with every listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pig\non vocals, Southy on guitar, Weaver on bass and Loz on drums have\ntheir say about some of the social, political and environmental\nissues of our times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proxy\nWar<\/strong>,\nwhich opens proceedings, is about the refugee crisis caused by\nconflicts around the world as governments get rich by selling arms to\nthe warring factions, and contains some of the best riffing on the\nwhole album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s\na touch of the Dead Kennedys about <strong>Snapshots\nOf Britain<\/strong>,\nwhich paints a depressing (but accurate) picture of many of the\nthings wrong with our country, from knife crime to fly-tipping, and\ncyber-bullying to consumer culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Free\nEurope<\/strong>\nis a salutary warning of the kind of country we&#8217;ll be left with after\nleaving the EU, \u201cthe shops all gone, the high streets\nclosed\/communities gone, memories of old\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hypocritic<\/strong>,\nwhich closes side one, is the most frenzied song here, a bit\nDischarge-like with the punch of its delivery and its time changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Side\ntwo opens with <strong>Dance\nTo The Apocalpyse<\/strong>,\na doom-laden warning about mankind&#8217;s destructive influence on our\nplanet, while <strong>Drunken\nMarksman<\/strong>\nis about training soldiers to kill and leaving \u201ca shattered mind\nand broken spirit\u201d as they turn to drink to get the job done and\ncope with its after-effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Like\nA Disease<\/strong>\nopens with a great wandering bassline before erupting into a takedown\nof political parties which win favour by spreading hate and fear in\nthe \u201cchurch of the hopeless\u201d. I wonder who they could mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Default<\/strong>,\nwhich brings the album to a close,is\nanother fast-paced song about the politicians who hoodwink people\ninto voting for them: \u201cDo as I say, not as I do\/Give me your vote\nand we&#8217;ll take care of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardcore\ncan lose its message due to sheer velocity and the sometimes\noverpowering nature of the music, but Drunken Marksman get it just\nright, and, just in case, the LP comes with a handy lyric sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Decline Of Mankind<\/strong> is released on Blind Destruction Records, Mass Production France Records, Not Yet Dead Records and Armistice Records, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/drunkenmarksman.bandcamp.com\/releases\"><strong>available from the band here<\/strong><\/a>.<strong> 7\/10.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBUM REVIEW: Drunken Marksman 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