Bomb The Music Industry! - Adults!!!... Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!!!!! (Digital EP)

Another digital EP from the most famous totally DIY punk band today, Bomb The Music Industry!, another free record to download on their label's website (feel free to donate, as always). In case you didn't already know, the Baldwin-based collective got everything there was to get about how music should work.

Not only is this band respectable for everything they do for both their fans (all their shows are all ages and under $10) and the state of the music industry (free discography, revolutionary way to deal with merch), but they also make great music. This new EP is no exception, offering 7 new songs (including a Nintendo-like electronic interlude) filled with everything you like about Bomb The Music Industry!. Especially if you like the fast Bomb The Music Industry!. The opener 'You still believe in me?' is the band at its punkest, with a fast instrumentation, Jeff Rosenstock providing great vocals, as off-tune as always, and lyrics about drinking. Their ska side is to be found on 'Planning my death', filled with horns, and 'The first time I met Sanawon', whereas keys are put forward on the upbeat 'Slumlord'. Closer 'Struggler' is particularly representative of the band's crazily wide musical horizon as it starts as a slow song with acoustic guitar and trombone before speeding up to get full-band and heavy, Rosenstock screaming: "I don't wanna go outside / 'Cause I might have a terrible day". The only slow-paced song is actually the moody 'All ages show' dealing with the punk scene.

Bomb The Music Industry! is a mess, but a very fun mess. They always use a dozen of instruments as well as a dozen of musicians and all of that makes them sound like they're out of this world. Catchy, eclectic, original, easy to relate to, this band never ceases being entertaining. This new EP doesn't prove me wrong, especially when you know it was written and recorded in five days. The collective belongs to that category of band who you will be very enthusiastic and proud to support, especially since they don't ask you to.

4/5

Nb.: The picture is not the actual artwork, it is made of all the eight different covers (one per musician) plus the artwork for the single 'Struggler'.

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The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches, Big D And The Kids Table, High School Football Heroes
Check also:
Chotto Ghetto, Infamous Jake & The Pinstripe Mafia, Rick Johnson Rock And Roll Machine


www.myspace.com/bombthemusicindustry
(Quote Unquote Records, 2010)