{"id":4071,"date":"2020-08-04T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2020-08-04T17:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:26:21","slug":"l-o-a-d-proud-to-wear-old-school-influences-on-their-sleeve-as-they-deliver-a-hard-hitting-slab-of-anthemic-oi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=4071","title":{"rendered":"L.O.A.D. proud to wear old-school influences on their sleeve as they deliver a hard-hitting slab of anthemic Oi!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALBUM REVIEW: L.O.A.D. &#8211; Tattoos And Scars (Tonal Music)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know that feeling you get when you hear a band for the first time, and can&#8217;t wait to see them live? Well, L.O.A.D have just become one of those bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The League Of Angry Drunkards, to give them their full name, were formed in 2016 by three punk scene veterans from Lowestoft in Suffolk, the most easterly town in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is their second album (following last year&#8217;s debut Seaside Special), recorded live in a Norwich studio the weekend before lockdown. It&#8217;s packed with huge riffs, gnarly bass and pounding drums, and lyrics which show pride in working class roots, and I liked it immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al Tiffen (bass\/vocals), Tony Cullingford (drums\/backing vocals) and Dave Brown (guitar\/backing vocals) play pure thug rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll, with one foot firmly in the Oi!\/streetpunk camp, and the other stomping towards the punk-metal middle ground of Motorhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an album full of hard-hitting songs from a trio I&#8217;d compare to old-school bands like The Business, The Last Resort and The 4 Skins, and, more contemporarily, Knock Off and Grade 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It kicks off with one of the strongest tracks, <strong>My Town<\/strong>, where Al sums up the state of so many places around the UK: \u201cMy town is a fucked up town\/All the shops are closing down\/My town is a weird old place\/The sun shines first on the council estate.\u201d<\/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=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=640%2C392\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=1024%2C627&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=768%2C470&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=1536%2C941&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?resize=2048%2C1254&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/load.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a great opener, and paves the way nicely for <strong>Dead Heroes<\/strong>, which allows the boys to channel their inner Motorhead with some great riffing from Dave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fist of Fury<\/strong> shows the influence of Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, with some great chugging riffs, while <strong>Stuff<\/strong> is a catchy-as-hell tune, about getting off your arse and doing something, instead of lying around drinking all day: \u201cI&#8217;ve got stuff, stuff I need to do\/Dreams and aspirations, how about you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heavy-riffing <strong>Tattoos &amp; Scars<\/strong>, slows things down, examining the influences that make us the people we are, before things move back up a gear with the excellent <strong>Billy No Mates<\/strong>, about a lonely, bullied kid who turns his life around by joining the Army and becomes someone people respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iceni<\/strong> pays tribute to warrior queen Boadicea, and then it&#8217;s time for as good a closing one-two as I&#8217;ve heard on a record in a long time. The anthemic <strong>Untouchable<\/strong> has yet more swaggering riffs, and sounds like a song Cock Sparrer would write \u2013 yes, it&#8217;s that good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things reach a glorious conclusion with <strong>Fully Loaded<\/strong>, which espouses the delights of getting in the van and heading out to play gigs. &#8220;Three old cunts in the front of a van, loaded up with gear and scran&#8221; made me laugh out loud, and the chorus \u201cL.O.A.D. are on the road again\u201d will be in your head for days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I can&#8217;t wait to see that statement become reality, and my only problem with this album is that at nine tracks and a touch under half an hour in length it&#8217;s too short. 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