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 MADCAP
- East to West (Side
One Dummy) I’ve been hearing bits and pieces of this fucker in my
head for days.
Thank God I actually I like it.
Simply put, Madcap plays punk rock the way it ought to be played.
Most of their songs are meaty, working class anthems that are
infectious in the best sense of the word. (I once had a free STD test at
the Mass General Infectious Disease ward [turned out I was clean, ya damn
busybodies] that involved a horrifically painful encounter between a Q-tip
and my instantly outraged urethra, and using “infectious” in a good
way sure helps me distance myself from that terrible day).
These guys will definitely remind you of the Dropkick Murphys at
times, but it’s in a cool, in-the-same-vein manner instead of a
we’re-trying-to-ape-somebody-else’s-sound-because-it’s-popular kind
of thing.
The first track on this 12-song disc
is called “Bright Lights, Big City” and it’s one fine song.
Great energy, great lyrics, great lead guitar, and after listening
to it for the umpteenth time a few minutes ago, I still felt compelled to
happily jump up and punch the air while doing a really awkward looking
jig. (Don’t
worry, nobody saw me).
Next up is “These Old Feelings,” a fist-pumping, sing-a-long
cut about loyalty and friendship, and it totally rules.
In fact, I really like just about every song on East
to West.
And to give you an idea of how good these guys are, I don’t even
mind that on “Parental Advisory” they completely lifted the main riff
from The Jam’s “In The City,” using it to open and close the song.
That sort of thing usually bothers the shit out of me but for some
reason it doesn’t here.
Bottom line- in today’s climate of punk rock sameness, you
absolutely owe it to yourself to check Madcap out. –Ben Hunter
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