{"id":3775,"date":"2020-06-25T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2020-06-25T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T18:07:55","slug":"bobby-funk-put-some-fun-into-hardcore-with-fast-paced-debut-album-full-of-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=3775","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Funk put some fun into hardcore with a fast-paced debut album full of promise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: Bobby Funk \u2013 Longing For The Bonging (TNS Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This is the debut album by Bobby Funk, a hardcore punk band who come from Falmouth in Cornwall, and I’m liking it a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ollie, Rob, Alex and Shannon have been together since about 2014, releasing a handful of singles and EPs, most recently 2018’s Avocado Stains five-tracker on TNS Records. They’re all available from their Bandcamp page HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This full-length is the culmination of all their work to date, consisting of nine new slices of fast, snotty punk which reminds me a lot of anarcho bands like Crass <\/strong>and Subhumans<\/strong>, with a more hardcore edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike many HC bands, however, they don’t take themselves too seriously, which is evident from opening track Dunch<\/strong>, which explores what actor Judi Dench has for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That segues straight into the magnificent I’m A Cat<\/strong>, the lead single and my favourite track on the album. Feline owners will get it immediately as Bobby sings \u201cI’m a cat, I’m a cat, I’m a cat, fuck you, meeow!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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