Holy shite, this is ska-core gallore! I do love my ska, i do love the Mighty Mighty BossTones (and you could call them “genre defying” to an extend) but this came from left-field.
From Keighley, a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England comes Random Hand and they are a true contender for throwing an energetic and loud dancing party! Formed in 2002 and with 4 1/2 Albums and a grand live album under the belt they not only tour but also output to the max. Get to see them when you can, it is worth it!
The verdict:
1977 – ok, tricky. SKA was part of the initial revolution but the added speed and metalic sounds not – i’d say “1977 2.0”
published by a cool lable – Riot Music, tick!
found in a cool shop – Burnout Hamburg, tick!
catching sound – this is a monster of a sound, has it all incl. cool trombone and sing-a-long chorus! Perfect!
The lyrics – about themselves and with tongue-in-check plus unique sing-a-long chorus!
hey you! who me? what's your contribution? we mess around with music fusion night times the big break you tell me its not what society needs we're a band are you in demand? well no not quite but the CDs in our van would you like to listen? its just what society needs gotta see a CV to sell yourself tell me what you're worth can i judge you on your ucas points? or your date or birth? that's another thing you cant comprehend gotta like what monkey sees would you like to know our status? and the honesty it brings WELL! we're scum, scum triumphant bottom of the pile and screwing him for getting up take pride in who you are when they spoke our patience had enough we're scum we're scum we're scum WE'RE SCUM and we're screwing him for getting up we've had enough YOU KNOW WE'RE SCUM (repeat without last line) we're all laughing at jokes again forget about the time i've heard that too much tension does damage to your spine no its ordinary hassle can i just get through the day? its possible to mess around and have some things to say SO! we're scum, scum triumphant bottom of the pile and screwing him for getting up take pride in who you are when they spoke our patience had enough we're scum we're scum we're scum WE'RE SCUM and we're screwing him for getting up we've had enough YOU KNOW WE'RE SCUM (repeat repeat repeat and shout out loud: WE'RE SCUM!) (c) 2007 Riot Music / Random Hand
In 2010 it was re-released by Bomber Records/Our Music with a much better artwork and with the added bonus of the “On the march” EP:
The recording itself is already a mighty beast – tune up realy loud:
but live it is even better, ain’t it?
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