Death Ridge Boys: Don't Let Them Divide Us 7"
Death Ridge Boys round out 2019 with their third release of the year and second on Blackwater Records. â(Donât Let Them) Divide Usâ delivers an anthemic boot stomper, equal parts punk and Oi! with a straight up rock ânâ roll chaser. âWorkingâ is a classic ode to the daily grind for the punks that roll up their sleeves at the crack of dawn. Big riffs and a hard driving rhythm section set the pace on this banger of an EP. 400 pressed on black vinyl.
Our take: Iâm surprised Portlandâs Death Ridge Boys hasnât received more hype. They released a full length tape a few years ago (since repressed on vinyl and in stock at Sorry State) and have followed that up with two 7âs in the past year, of which Donât Let Them Divide Us is the latest. Their earlier material was straight up, catchy oi!-punk with leftist, pro-PC lyrics, but these two tracks find the band dallying with different sub-styles of oi! / skinhead music. âDonât Let Them Divide Usâ kicks off with a melodic, Blitz-style guitar riff, which quickly joins a complimentary riff from the second guitarist in more of a rock-and-roll / bootboy glam style. Iâm a sucker for two-guitar bands, and throughout this track the two guitaristsâ complimentary styles keep things peppy. Add in anthemic vocals and you have exactly the single a-side I imagine Death Ridge Boys was aiming for. The b-side, âWorkingâ (not a Cock Sparrer cover) is faster, tougher, and shorter, but just as accomplished from a songwriting standpoint. Fans of contemporary oi! and other retro forms of skinhead rock-and-roll should check this out as itâs just as good as the membersâ impressive pedigrees suggest.
Death Ridge Boys round out 2019 with their third release of the year and second on Blackwater Records. â(Donât Let Them) Divide Usâ delivers an anthemic boot stomper, equal parts punk and Oi! with a straight up rock ânâ roll chaser. âWorkingâ is a classic ode to the daily grind for the punks that roll up their sleeves at the crack of dawn. Big riffs and a hard driving rhythm section set the pace on this banger of an EP. 400 pressed on black vinyl.
Our take: Iâm surprised Portlandâs Death Ridge Boys hasnât received more hype. They released a full length tape a few years ago (since repressed on vinyl and in stock at Sorry State) and have followed that up with two 7âs in the past year, of which Donât Let Them Divide Us is the latest. Their earlier material was straight up, catchy oi!-punk with leftist, pro-PC lyrics, but these two tracks find the band dallying with different sub-styles of oi! / skinhead music. âDonât Let Them Divide Usâ kicks off with a melodic, Blitz-style guitar riff, which quickly joins a complimentary riff from the second guitarist in more of a rock-and-roll / bootboy glam style. Iâm a sucker for two-guitar bands, and throughout this track the two guitaristsâ complimentary styles keep things peppy. Add in anthemic vocals and you have exactly the single a-side I imagine Death Ridge Boys was aiming for. The b-side, âWorkingâ (not a Cock Sparrer cover) is faster, tougher, and shorter, but just as accomplished from a songwriting standpoint. Fans of contemporary oi! and other retro forms of skinhead rock-and-roll should check this out as itâs just as good as the membersâ impressive pedigrees suggest.
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Death Ridge Boys round out 2019 with their third release of the year and second on Blackwater Records. â(Donât Let Them) Divide Usâ delivers an anthemic boot stomper, equal parts punk and Oi! with a straight up rock ânâ roll chaser. âWorkingâ is a classic ode to the daily grind for the punks that roll up their sleeves at the crack of dawn. Big riffs and a hard driving rhythm section set the pace on this banger of an EP. 400 pressed on black vinyl.
Our take: Iâm surprised Portlandâs Death Ridge Boys hasnât received more hype. They released a full length tape a few years ago (since repressed on vinyl and in stock at Sorry State) and have followed that up with two 7âs in the past year, of which Donât Let Them Divide Us is the latest. Their earlier material was straight up, catchy oi!-punk with leftist, pro-PC lyrics, but these two tracks find the band dallying with different sub-styles of oi! / skinhead music. âDonât Let Them Divide Usâ kicks off with a melodic, Blitz-style guitar riff, which quickly joins a complimentary riff from the second guitarist in more of a rock-and-roll / bootboy glam style. Iâm a sucker for two-guitar bands, and throughout this track the two guitaristsâ complimentary styles keep things peppy. Add in anthemic vocals and you have exactly the single a-side I imagine Death Ridge Boys was aiming for. The b-side, âWorkingâ (not a Cock Sparrer cover) is faster, tougher, and shorter, but just as accomplished from a songwriting standpoint. Fans of contemporary oi! and other retro forms of skinhead rock-and-roll should check this out as itâs just as good as the membersâ impressive pedigrees suggest.
