Cosmic-Trip Artiste

Wow! As a huge fan of ’77-style punk rock, I’m getting chills from Automatic Lovers’ debut single! Sometimes when these newer bands are playing old school punk rock, it sounds like exactly what it is. But « Boston Brats » (out now on FOLC and Wap Shoo Wap Records) sounds like it could actually have been released in 1977. On the title track, this Madrid-based outfit blasts out some blistering & ferocious punk rock ‘n’ roll that will just about melt your face off. The sound here is total fire. Think snotty vocals, ripping guitars, a pounding rhythm section, and attitude for days. When I mention punk rock being my favorite music of all-time, this is the sort of stuff I’m talking about! Listening to this song is like being smashed in the face with a sock full of coins and enjoying it. Play it on repeat and pogo until you drop! On the B-side, Automatic Lovers have at an obscure gem from my neck of the woods: « Who Cares If Tomorrow Comes » by Kirk and the Jerks. They do an amazing version of the song, and I love that they’re going to turn a whole bunch of people on to Kirk and the Jerks! What an amazing world we live in when we can say a Spanish band in 2025 is obsessed with The Vibrators and Slaughter and the Dogs and covering a little-known ’80s punk band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Heck yeah! I am so excited to hear more from these guys!

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