Gatecrash are the latest project from Russ Farrell (Dirtbox Disco / Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions), Daryl Smith (Cock Sparrer / Argy Bargy) and Andy Furr (late of Knock Off) on bass and Maff (Dirtbox Disco / Spunk Volcano) on drums. They announced themselves on Facebook in March with the kind of no-frills transparency we should be taking more of, "Pound Shop supergroup at best". Fair enough, but when the line-up's pedigree includes Cock Sparrer and the Dirtbox crew, you're already pretty guaranteed to have massive choruses and really rocking songs.
The debut is out now and Russ and Daryl trade the front-man duties with their dual vocals that counter and overlap. It's "Walk Away" that the tune's been circulating for the last couple of weeks and it delivers exactly what you'd want from a outfit involving these blokes. It's just got a proper street-punk anthem feel.
And the rest of the album does the same, delivering it up as no-nonsense, shout-along material from the same classic working-class punk school that Sparrer and all the good Oi bands have never left.
In other words, these are the blokes who've done the work, know the sound and still know how to write songs that sound great in a sweat- drenched room full of people that give a damn.
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