Live At Ritchie’s New Years Eve Party 7”
Pirates Press, 2020
9/10
Listen to Live At Ritchie’s New Years Eve Party 7”
Now here’s a novel package, a 48 page comic book from Boots ‘N Booze that comes with a Swingin’ Utters 7” that was recorded at a house show during their infancy when they were still known as Johnny Peebucks & The Swingin’ Utters.
The literate portion of the project is the first edition of an autobiographical graphic novel that’s set in a small California beach town in the ‘80s. The adventure follows some teenage hooligans as they eventually run into their neo-nazi skinhead enemies and end up at a party where, wouldn’t you know it, Johnny Peebucks & The Swingin’ Utters are playing.
Which brings us to the music aspect of the release. Side A offers us “Tell Us The Truth”, where a raw and furious pace unfolds with the band’s signature gritty melody underlying the crashing drums and often throaty vocals. The B-side, “Sorry”, offers rumbling bass and plenty of punk spirited energy to the sing-alongs and old school flavor that has thankfully been carried by the band during their entire existence.
If you’re an unwavering Swingin’ Utters fan and/or comic junkie, you better act quick cause there’s only 2000 of these made/pressed, and considering the quality of the printed matter and content of the music, I doubt they’re going to last long.
Travels well with: Territories- When The Day Is Done; Crim- Sense Excuses
