{"id":8302,"date":"2022-12-19T11:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:19:52","slug":"riot-city-radio-debut-is-a-stunning-slice-of-top-notch-street-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=8302","title":{"rendered":"Riot City Radio debut is a stunning slice of top-notch street-punk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: Riot City Radio – Time Will Tell (Sunny Bastards)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Riot City Radio are a three-piece street-punk band from Plymouth, featuring past and present members of Arch Rivals, Hostile Minds and Hard Wax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed by long-term friends and collaborators Tom Murphy (vocals\/guitar), Tom Boutwood (vocals\/drums) and Matt Colton (vocals\/bass), they draw on a range of influences, from punk to Oi! and hardcore to ska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I saw this debut album was on German label Sunny Bastards – home to bands with the pedigree of Gimp Fist, Boilermaker, City Saints and Knock Off – I should have known it would be decent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I wasn’t prepared for was how a band I’d never seen or even heard of could release an album quite this good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening track, On The Streets<\/em>, is a real call to arms which sets the bar for what follows, grabbing you by the throat and almost taking your breath away with its full-on attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s just the first of 11 swaggering slices of melodic street-punk packing more punch than Tyson Fury when he’s woken up in a bad mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packed with urgent guitar, bobbling bass and pounding drums, Time Will Tell<\/em> is the first album I’ve heard in a long time which made me go ‘wow’.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One absolutely blistering tune follows another, and every time you think ‘they can’t possibly top that’, they go and do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punk Rock Family<\/em> and Working Class Anthem<\/em> sees them sing with pride about their roots and the importance of community, while Overcome <\/em>addresses the rotten state of the UK today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burning Bright<\/em> is an upbeat tune which sounds like Booze And Glory, whose frontman Mark Marlowski joins the boys on guest vocals for World At Our Feet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reap What You Sow<\/em> is about bad behaviour coming back to bite you on the arse, while Never Forgive, Never Forget<\/em> addresses the Prince Andrew\/Jeffrey Epstein scandal, insisting “we know just what you did and now it’s time to pay”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make no mistake, Riot City Radio know they’re good and aren’t afraid to shout about it as they fire through their anthemic street-punk songs of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t just the best debut album I’ve heard this year, it’s one of THE best albums of 2022. Ignore this at your peril. 9\/10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n