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The Ratz “Found Dead” Dismantled Records, April 2022
5 Morceaux en 5mn ça rigole pas chez les Ratz ! Du punk à donf, du pur rock’n'roll , un titre "Crampsien", quelques paroles acerbes et on finit le cul par terre, pas la faute à Voltaire, le nez dans le ruisseau pas la faute à Rousseau mais à ces p… de morceaux enchaînés à toute bringue. Des gens supers sympas par ailleurs, on avait eu la chance avec les Badass MF de jouer avec eux dans le Connecticut à Café 9 en 2017, dans leur fief, et avec leur autre groupe "Lost Riots" à New York en 2013 avec Los Jamones. On avait été pris par leur énergie, leur conviction et leur authenticité. Leur chanteur Jeffrey Thunders est très impliqué puisqu’il a monté le label “Die Hipster records”, un webzine “Back against the wall’ et a aussi un projet solo un peu plus mélodique et varié plutot fabuleux avec des potes “Jeffrey Thunders and the Scabs” Mais pour en revenir au Ratz quand ça joue ça envoie du feu de dieu ! ça commence par un peu plus de 30 secondes de Modern America, une ode à une Amérique unie, multi-culturelle et enfin débarrassée de Donald Duck "Modern America" It's just another day Living in America Fighting for survival Burning down the White House This is a modern America! No more separation Let’s rebuild this nation Divided we’ll fall Destroy that fucking wall ' This is a modern America! “Found Dead” chanté en espagnol, fait un peu penser aux Pixies, “Miller and me” renvoie les frères Coen à leur 4 routes et Henry chez ses Tudors. Le 4eme morceau “You can all go to hell", fait référence à des manifs au Philadelphia City Hall et envoie tous les bigots de l’alt-right américaine dans les feux de l’enfer et réclame plus ce dont l'humanité a vraiment besoin “But all we want is equality, Arm on Arm with the Human Race” Le EP finit par le très Crampsien “Too Drunk to drive” qui fait penser au too drunk to F… des Dead Kennedys et au “Bend over i’ll drive” desdits Cramps
5 mn de tempête punk rock qui ne vous donne pas trop de temps, mais nous font réfléchir à une Amérique et à un monde plus juste, et qui mérite un sérieux détour, plusieurs écoutes, et l’achat de ce 2eme opus des Ratz sur le site* du label Dismantled records ou sur leur bandcamp
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The Ratz "Found Dead" Dismantled Records, April 2022
5 songs in 5 minutes, not much time to think but what an EP ! Punk sounds, pure rock roll, a "Crampsian" title, acerbic lyrics and we end up as Victor Hugo would say in “Les Miserables": "With your ass on the ground and your nose in the stream" These tunes are delivered at such a flipping speed !!!.
Super nice people by the way, we had the chance with Badass Mother Fuzzers to play with them in Connecticut at "Café 9", New Haven in 2017, in their stronghold, and with their other band "The Lost Riots" in New York in 2013 with Los Jamones. We were taken by their energy, their convictions and their authenticity. Their singer Jeffrey Thunders is very busy since he’s created the label "Die Hipster records", a webzine "Back against the wall" and also has a solo project, with a little help from his friends, a little more melodic and varied, "Jeffrey Thunders and the Scabs" But to come back to the Ratz when they play they bring the roof down and take no prisoner !!!
It starts with a little more than 30 seconds of "Modern America", an ode to a united multi-cultural America and finally rid of Donald Duck "Modern America" It's just another day Living in America Fighting for survival Burning down the White House This is a modern America! No more separation Let's rebuild this nation Divided we'll fall Destroy that fucking wall ' This is a modern America!
"Found Dead" sung in Spanish, makes us think a bit of The Pixies on "Surfer Rosa". "Miller and me" sends the Coen brothers back to their crossing and Henry to his writing machine.The 4th track "You can all go to hell", refers to the Philadelphia City Hall demonstrations and sends all the bigots of the American alt-right into the fires of hell and demands more of what humanity really needs: "But all we want is equality, Arm on Arm with the Human Race" The EP ends with the very "Crampsian" "Too Drunk to drive" which reminds us of the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to F..." and of the "Bend over i'll drive" by the Cramps
A 5 mn punk rock storm that doesn't give you too much time, but makes us think about a fairer America and a fairer world, and that deserves a serious detour, several listenings, and the purchase of this 2nd opus by the Ratz available on the label Dismantled records or on their bandcamp
https://dismantledrecords.storenvy.com/products/34259602-the-ratz-found-dead-7-ep