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"D. Yes its true only 20 years since the last LP and The Subhumans have done a rare feat (not for the first time) and produced a great bunch of songs
"D. Yes its true only 20 years since the last LP and The Subhumans have done a rare feat (not for the first time) and produced a great bunch of songs that sound as good as their earlier stuff ! Lyrics from Dick still hit the mark with his humourous very personal take on politics. Ok its not quite as edgy or angry sounding as The Day the Country Died but this is a yard stick that most punk bands half the age of the Subhumans never manage to measure up to! And just as impressive for a band that has labels like Fat and Southern offering them serious money this is a self released album on "their" own Bluurg records. These 13 songs combine the band's trademarks of dynamic punk tunes and socio-political lyrics as effectively as their previous albums, venturing from straight-up rousing punk to slices of Wire-like tension, Ruts-like rolling basslines, and a whole 9 minutes of 'Never Ending War Song'. Mixing anger with analysis with wit, songs tackle war, social breakdown, mind-numbing McJobs, sizeism and...mosquitoes!?
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