The Bronx are peerless. No other hardcore punk band on the contemporary landscape has captured the timeless punk aesthetic that resides in The Bronx’s music. Releasing their fifth album in 15 years, The Bronx demonstrate a discipline and zeal on V that even their prolific peers can’t claim.
‘Two Birds’ features a swagger and lyrical attitude that sonically is more in line with late ‘90s skate-punk luminaries Pennywise and Millencolin. In a live context one would imagine that this would be the moment in the band’s set where the circle pit may subside and those causing the mayhem find their wallet and their friends.
Opening song ‘Night Drop At The Glue Factory’ is a classic, shouty all-in-brawl, Matt Caughtran’s vocal shout is as rough as badly bloodied knees.
Hardcore (pun intended) The Bronx fans will lap up V and another chapter in the journey that began with I in 2002. If you haven’t heard The Bronx, this is as good as any of their albums to get into. One of the most unassuming, yet important genre bands of our lifetime.
