Son
of a Gun comes out fighting on this EP as it seems to be fast paced and heavy
hitting from the start. The songs right
off the bat reminded me of Guttermouth, and I like that about them instantly,
but then they take a turn toward an Epitaph band from Punk-O-Rama 4 era. It’s actually kind of funny because some
time around that compilation, Guttermouth themselves would sign to Epitaph and
so whatever the label was doing then and liked about Guttermouth is perhaps the
formula for Son of a Gun here.
Aside
from some just solid drumming, these songs also seem to feature a number of
primal screams, which I’m always okay with as long as the energy calls for it
and here it certainly does. I like to
think of Son of a Gun as falling somewhere between a better version of a band
from Burger Records or just a more well trained version of Sex Pistols, but the
problem with saying things like that is it feels to me more like putting others
down than raising this band up.
Side
B does bring out a little bit of the skater punk, specifically ala U.S. Bombs,
and then it even mixes it up a little bit with High Pop sounds as well. But overall the best way to describe this one
is just as being high octane and that’s always a good place to be: with your
foot on the floor. The song “Wrong
Things” is also a good example that if you don’t get this stuck in your head
and find yourself singing along, then I question your musical integrity.
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