{"id":7597,"date":"2022-04-26T18:11:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2022-04-26T18:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:34:20","slug":"the-drowns-set-to-make-their-mark-with-a-new-ep-of-supercharged-punk-rock-n-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=7597","title":{"rendered":"The Drowns set to make their mark with a new slice of supercharged punk rock ‘n’ roll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EP REVIEW: The Drowns – Lunatics EP (Pirates Press Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Drowns are punk scene veterans from Seattle and LA who got together in 2017 to try their hand at creating something new, and have come with an energetic and heartfelt brand of streetpunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A promising debut album, View From The Bottom<\/em>, was released by Gunner Records<\/a><\/strong> in 2018, and they followed with the excellent Under Tension<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>) on Pirates Press<\/a><\/strong> in early 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a record which should have catapulted them to the next level as they took it around the world, but they were prevented from doing that when the coronavirus pandemic closed the live music industry down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with live touring back on most people’s agenda, they’ve shown they’re more than ready to take that step with their latest offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Drowns began this year by releasing a new single<\/a><\/strong>, a cover of Know Who You Are<\/em> by ’70s glam bootboys Slade, paired with an original new song, Guidelines Of Control<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They hinted that they would be wearing their influences proudly on their sleeves, and they’re not joking, as there’s a boatload of them on this six-track EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It includes everything from streetpunk stormers to heart-wrenching ballads, proving they’re not one-trick ponies, and they’re a band I love a little bit more every time I hear them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gravel-voiced<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Drowns are gravel-voiced frontman Aaron Rev Peters (guitar and vocals), Andy Wylie (bass and vocals), Jonny Wade (guitar and backing vocals) and Jake Margolis (drums).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It kicks off with Live Like Yer Dyin<\/em>, a fast-paced ’50s-style rock ‘n’ roll anthem about living life to the full, which was the first single from this EP. It includes some top-notch riffing and reminds me a little of Cock Sparrer’s oi! classic Working<\/em>, which is obviously a very good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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