EAT DIRT – ‘Welcome To Shithouse-On-Sea’.
EAT DIRT – East England, United Kingdom.
Another band scooped up without too much of a moments notice by the oh-so greedy Umlaut Records – don’t worry, you’re off the hook, for now – EAT DIRT are relatively new to it all. Individually they have the experience – and it shows – but considering their short time releasing recorded music, really aren’t doing half bad.
The band’s eponymous debut showcased a dangerous sound both as classic as it was contemporary with gritty UK-accentuated vicious Hardcore vocals alongside instruments precisely but again, also recklessly thrown around via classic British Punk, Hardcore and just dash of Rock n’ Roll quite literally for the fun of it. In short, the band already had quite inviting rage and it became all the more so.
And then more so again with the latest four-track EP where the band bid you Welcome To Shithouse On Sea where you are immediately invited to ‘Pull Out’ moments into arrival. ‘Pull Out’ takes darkly toned guitars over mid-tempo crunching riffs that do nothing but allow Ben Mill’s terrifying screams to get their point across. The band are having fun, but Punk is never that simple and there’s always a point.
‘Ballad’ from what I’ve seen from social media posts via Umlaut label-mates here and there is somewhat of favourite both objectively and subjectively and I would have to agree. EAT DIRT are at their most melodic here injecting the pace back into their Hardcore Punk but also that temptation of driven melodic guitars and brief but oh-so welcome harmonious interjections in the chorus. Here EART DIRT show their bid to match the best in European Skate Punk and in truth it suits them.
The five-piece as you now would have come to expect, have the music down but the more and more you listen to their craft, the band’s intelligent an direct criticism and general disaffection is both clear, read, understood and a sign of the times.
‘Over It’ begins through jagged, gritty blues-infected Rock n’ Roll and continues this rumble into its classic Hardcore pace and breakdowns. Again the band can’t resist a melodic guitar-line and it’s so expertly placed that all three layers of the band coexist beautifully. ‘Over It’ is stronger than it appears directly however, its the perfect example of a band playing Punk-Rock their own way and it’s track if you were showcase EAT DIRT to someone unaware, it would be your go to.
‘PIRATES’ closes an EP worth repeated listens and not just because it’s only four tracks. You replay it because its addictive, it takes everything about the band’s debut, injects audio-steroids and still manages to sound natural.
EAT DIRT don’t give a shit but they also do give a shit. 2018 continues to be a great year for Punk-Rock music.
Find Them:
- Social Media/Updates: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Official Website.
- Music: bandcamp, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, iTunes/Apple Music.
- Umlaut Records: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Official Website.
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