Slackrr – Time, It Wait For No
One
Slackrr - Time, It Wait For No One
Release Date: Out Now
Southampton pop punkers Slackrr
have unleashed their debut album on the world just in time for summer road
trips and beach parties. ‘Time, It Wait For No One’ opens up with ‘Asleep at
the Wheel’ and immediately we’re off on a careering trip with some relentless
drums and vocals that veer from punk to grunge and back again. ‘Closest to
Perfect’ slows things down a touch and develops the band’s hugely American
influenced sound that puts them up alongside the likes of the Ataris, Engine 88
and the Wrens – fine company indeed and a strong start to a debut long player.
There is more of a Hole-esque feel to ‘Nerve’ which uses big, choppy chords and
in-yer-face vocals to make itself heard with great success.
The furious guitars and pile
driver drums of ‘Lights On’ are an assault on the senses but in Scotty Perry
Slackrr have a frontman with a voice that can cut through the noise which holds
it all together. The energy dips on ‘Mope’ as you might expect and you get a
bit of a Silverchair vibe on the raw, circular riff before the track builds in
to an anthem of self-pity; “I’m overwhelmed and underdressed” being the stand
out lyric. ‘Same Old Story’ gets us back on a punky track with ferocious
guitars battling those frenetic drums before ‘I Know’ blasts in from back stage
like a drunk rugby player at a house party, ready to have fun but without any
discernible coordination.
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I quite often listen to new music
in different scenarios to see where it fits and this album definitely works as
good stomping music if you’re on foot and in a hurry. ‘Breathe’, for example,
will get you to work on time in the morning when you’re running late if your
legs can keep up with the pace the rhythm section create. The most commercial
sounding track on the album is perhaps ‘Lessons’ which has a cinematic sound to
it which would work on a lo-fi coming of age film like Juno but with less
Michael Cera. The album finished up on a triumphant ‘Unsung’ which raises the
corpses of the likes of Reuben and Million Dead and has a south-coast Weekend
at Bernie’s style party with cans of Red Stripe and plenty of checked shirts. Slackrr
are committed to their style, musically speaking, and that purity of direction
comes through brilliantly although I’d put money on these guys being a hell of
a live band so maybe check them out live as well as giving this a listen to get
the full experience.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/Slackrr/
Live Dates:
22nd June – The Goose,
Worthing
29th June – Quiver Paddleboard
Centre, Felixstowe
5th July – Phoenix Bar,
High Wycombe
11th July – Wireless Bar,
Bradford
13th July – Evil Eye,
Liverpool
14th July – Late Nights
@ West Street Live, Sheffield
28th July – John Gandy’s
Live Music, Exeter
29th August – The Craufurd
Arms, Milton Keynes
30th August – The Black
Prince, Northampton