{"id":6496,"date":"2021-06-24T18:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T17:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2021-06-24T19:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:23:54","slug":"the-interrupters-live-album-shows-theyre-ready-for-the-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6496","title":{"rendered":"The Interrupters’ live album shows they’re ready for the big time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: The Interrupters – Live In Tokyo (Hellcat\/Epitaph)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For 10 years, Los Angeles-based ska-punks The Interrupters<\/a><\/strong> have been building a reputation as a must-see live band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, thanks to this recording of their 2019 performance at Tokyo\u2019s Summer Sonic Festival, you can judge what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring 10 songs and lasting just under 35 minutes, it’s less than half the length of their regular live set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it shows that if any current band is good enough to bring ska back into the mainstream, it’s them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Interrupters have toured with the likes of Rancid, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my opinion, they have everything it takes to be better than them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Interrupters performing on their 2018 UK tour. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Under the patronage of Rancid’s Tim Armstrong they have become a band more than capable of breaking through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re fronted by the effervescent Aimee, who looks and sounds like she enjoys every moment on stage, and she’s backed – literally – by a band of brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her partner Kevin Bivona, who produced Live In Tokyo!<\/em>, plays guitar, with his brothers, twins Justin and Jesse, on bass and drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re as tight as you’d expect a band of brothers to be, and have improved with every album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Interrupters. Pic: Mitch Ikeda.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This festival set is all killer, no killer, and perfectly balanced between all three of their albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has three songs from each, plus one cover version – a slick, skanked-up take on Billie Eilish’s pop hit Bad Guy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unity music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

They call it ‘unity music’, with no room for racism, sexism, homophobia or bigotry of any kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Friend Like Me<\/em> sets out their stall from the beginning, with Aimee’s enthusiasm and energy proving infectious, and her voive veering towards a punky rasp at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By My Side, Title Holder, Take Back The Power, She Got Arrested<\/em>, and On A Turntable<\/em> are all songs which could get any venue skanking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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