Assault & Battery - All the shades of truth 12" LP (Black)

1. Cutthroats

2. Shades Of Truth

3. Fight & Win

4. Drug War

5. 1944

6. Searching For The Answer

7. Three On The Floor

8. One Thing Left

9. No Difference

10. Set 'Em Straight

11. Bay View Tragedy

12. No Hope

13. Stories From The Past

100x black

200x ultra clear (rebellion clr)

200x cyan blue (Oi! the boat clr)

100x black

17x testpressing

Toto je první full album této kapely z Milwaukee. Ur?it? je ale znáte, minimáln? ze splitek s DDC nebo s Concrete anebo s Voice of America Vol. 3. Celkem zde najdete 13 nových song? rychlejąího amerického Oi!/punku. Kapelu tvo?í p?t borc?, kte?í mají zkuąenosti s hraním v bandách jako Get Rad, Brutal Dildos (:)), Reckless Reason nebo Cry Coyote. Zp?vákovi vypomáhají ostatní spoluhrá?i ve zp?vu a to jak dopl?ováním ąt?k?, tak i spole?nými refrény, které jsou tak typické pro americké bandy (1944, sypa?ka Fight and Win, Bay View Tragedy, která je o masakru d?lník? p?i stávce z roku 1886, kdy jich 7 zem?elo nebo No Hope?). P?ti?lenná sestava znamená dv? kytary a v jejich muzice je to p?kn? slyąet (Three on Floor, coľ je asi nejmelodi?t?jąí song z alba, p?ípadn? One Thing Left nebo No Difference, jejíľ za?átek je jak klasika z 80. let). Jinak basa není za kytarou rozhodn? pozadu a rovn?ľ si hraje svá sóla na vysoké struny. Na song Shades of Truth se m?ľete podívat na youtube (https://youtu.be/g8nAOIvm2HM). Plnohodnotné album hodn? chválím, protoľe ta splitka jsou taková oąemetná a kolikrát se vám jedna kapela líbí více, neľ ta druhá a tím je potom dáno hodnocení. LP vychází na obou labelech, CD verze jen na Rebellionu. Pro fandy US Oi! povinnost.

This is first full album from this Milwaukee based ba. You surely know them from splits with DDC or with Concrete or from Voice of America Vol. 3. Together you may listen to 13 new songs in faster rhythm of US Oi!/punk. The band plays in five and their members have experiences from bands like Get Rad, Brutal Dildos (:)), Reckless Reason or Cry Coyote. Singer is helped by other members in vocals ? changing of vocals in singalong refrains typical for US bands (like in 1944, faster Fight and Win, Bay View Tragedy, which is about the massacre of workers during strike in 1886 ? 7 were killed or No Hope) or in completing his barks. Five piece line up means two guitars and in their music you will surely hear it (Three on Floor which is most melodic piece from the LP or in One Thing Left or No Difference which sounds like 80´s classics at the beginning). Also bass is very playful with solos on high strings. You may check song Shades of Truth on youtube (https://youtu.be/g8nAOIvm2HM). I really like this full album because on splits you may like one band more than the other one and it is seen in rating. LP is out on both labels, CD version will be out just on Rebellion. A must have for tall fans of US Oi!

I remember first hearing this band when they released a split with Concrete. Too bad for them the Concrete songs were that good, I hardly flipped the record. When the split 10? with DDC came out, I paid more attention to the Assault & Battery songs, saw them live and started to like the band. So when this record was announced, I was looking forward to hear their first full length.

 

The record starts with the straight forward, hard hitting song ?Cutthroats?. Well, I must honestly say I was a bit scared when I heard this one, because this song is not really my cup of tea. Luckely for me, the next song ?All The Shades Of Thruth? is way different. Some feedback, a melodic guitar line, a rocking bass. This is what I wanted to hear and this sound stays the rest of the record. A singer who reminds me of the Anti-Heros, guitarlines that add melody without making it cheesy, great basslines, powerfull backing & gang vocals. Do yourself a favor and check out songs like ?Searching For The Answer?, ?Set ?Em Straight? and ?Three On The Floor? (my favorite songs of the album) and I hope you like it as much as I do.