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Scrotum Clamp are a five piece band from London
and judging by the name and look of the band you
would expect them to be a crazy punk rock band who
would want to kick the shit out of you and give
Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols a run for their
money when it comes to anarchy, but when you actually
listen to their music you realise that they are
more of a dirty ska punk band who actually have
quite an uplifting and pleasing sound, this is proof
that you should never judge a band by their look
and name but don’t sue me if they do kick
the shit out of you.
The bands self released new album ‘I Am
One’ has recently been released and it is
an really interesting listen, it’s upbeat,
fast, fun and very random and has the overall
feel of a big arse party in a box or should I
say in a CD.
The opening track ‘Mysterons’ will
shock you with the whole upbeat melodic nature
that it has and when the trumpets come in you
will be in even more shock as the song is full
of happiness and piece, there are no screaming
moments or punk rock attitude in place throughout
the song and the majority of the album.
‘Half And Half’, opens with a fast
open word introduction with lyrics of “Someones
got more stuff than I got, I’ve never done
no wrong and look where it’s got me and
I don’t know”, yeah granted the lyrics
aren’t that well thought about or written
but the general groove and pace of the song is
fantastic with big trumpet sounds and fuzzy sounding
guitar riffs which are going to leave you wanting
to polish off your finest shoes and skank along
to the fast paced beats.
‘Live Here’ really reminds me of
a song by [Spunge], it has that big ska feel about
it but just as the song starts to get going and
good it fades back down before building up again
just like a little tease that never fully reaches
its peak, still it’s a good listen.
‘Yowl’ was one of the first song’s
that I heard by Scrotum Clamp and it still sounds
as good now as it did back in the summer when
I first heard it, the song is a lot different
than the other tracks on the album and features
a little bit more attitude and random growls.
‘Vicious’ was the other song that
I first listened to back in the summer and the
song gave me the impression that Scrotum Clamp
were a band who had the look, attitude and sound
to match the Sex Pistols as the song tells a story
of a vicious person who has nice friends and features
much name calling such as calling people a wanker
and a vicious little bastard, the song is upbeat
but features a slight aggressive nature, with
the backing sounds of people taunting each other
before some knocks someone out with the old bill
or Ambulance turning up seconds later with the
sounds of sirens, whilst Scrotum Clamp speed up
their sound in a massive way.
The best track on the album is ‘Careful
Lemmings’ the track is fast and furious
with some killer guitar riffs and big melodic
vocals which pack a big old punch.
You can defiantly tell that Scrotum Clamp are
a bit of a DIY band who like to do things themselves
and have no support from bigwigs within the industry
as there sound is totally random and dirty sounding
but so listenable, think of a more upbeat random
version of art Brut with the look of the Sex Pistols
cross dressing then you will have a clear understanding
of what to expect from Scrotum Clamp, just don’t
expect to hear them on radio 1 any time soon.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Big 1
Blow Job
Bunny
Hovis
Witchy P |
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1. Mysterons
2. Half And Halk
3. Live Here
4. Yowl
5. Vicious
6. Idiot Box
7. Careful Lemmings
8. St Bastion
9. Nihilist
10. SNAFU |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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