Monday evening upstairs at the Hafenklang is a fixture for Punk Rock, Table Tennis with a DJ – on this rainy evening it was Pkew Pkew Pkew (or Pkew x3 in short) from Toronto with The Muttnicks as surprising local support.
When i arrived rather early The Muttnicks where already on stage and about to kick into their short (20 min i guess) set. I never came across them prior, so a neat surprise. They play a very american style, somewhere between Pop Punk and eg. Bad Religion style of Hardcore.
For me the guitar is their main asset, next to be actually being very tight together. The singer is a bit of a a bad joke man, i had “oh yeah, loudmouth” more than once in my head.
The Muttnicks (Hafenklang, Hamburg, 24.04.2023 (c) gehkacken.de 2023)
What they do they do very good, not 100% up my mu-sick-al alley but as noted, very tight. Check them out for yourself, within that they even have a veritable banger (that also came across live absolutely great):
With excellent lyrics to sing-a-long:
you gotta man up, be tough, don't you fucking cry I cry in public if it bothers you just get in line you fruity faggot, you queer, you look fucking gay your words might hurt me now but I won't change anything my decision, it's my decision you want a piece of me you won't make my decision for me my decision, it's my decision you want a piece of me you can't make my decision for me you gotta get in line, shut up and never flinch I demand everything for everyone, I won't shut up you know the way you act you'll pay a fucking price I don't care what it costs, I maintain against the grain my decision, it's my decision you want a piece of me you won't make my decision for me my decision, it's my decision you want a piece of me you can't make my decision for me
If they come across again i will definitely have another look at them.
Next Pkew Pkew Pkew, this time round as “Pkew x3 minus 1”. My mate with me that night had seen them as a 4 piece at the Booze Cruise Festival and was full of praise for them: Energy, drive, humor and all of that paired with enjoyable songs and multi-vocal singing.
How did it sound as a 3 piece? Like this:
Where The Muttnicks where tight, Pkew where actually hand-in-glove. Their sound is full of breaks, speed variations and a zillion other tricks paired with multi-vocal singing and … harmonies. Plenty of harmonies.
Pkew Pkew Pkew (Hafenklang, Hamburg, 24.04.2023 (c) gehkacken.de 2023)
Looking up some of their stuff i make a wild claim that they sing about Pizza, Beer and Skateboarding but that may just me too short sighted. They also have some wider themes, even down to outright poetry in the song title: “Let The Bridges We Burn Light The Way“.
They played for like 45 Minutes and then prepared for table tennis with this encore:
Nice one, making that Monday fixture yet again of value. And frank, me mate was not wrong, i can see how they can give a Pizza and Beer loaded Booze Cruise audience a great moment!
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