Cockwomble continue to impress with their socially conscious pop punk ideologies on their latest EP Conspiracy.
Taking swipes at deserving targets throughout the four tracks on offer here the band are both eminently entertaining and laden with messages for those that should know better. “It was you” is the message they give to those who are convinced that everything is conspiring against them. “Has reality lost its grip on you” is the message as the antagonist of the song is ridiculed.
One track in and I’m screaming for a Cockwomble album to be released.
Sitting somewhere between The Ramones, The Toy Dolls and The King Blues, Cockwomble are the missing link between seriously solemn punk rock and the much-ridiculed pop punkers., Cockwomble have something to say, but bugger doing it in a po-faced manner, we still want to have fun no matter how fucked up the world is in the 21st Century.
Goebbels and Orwell is not only a highly addictive tune with a thumping bass part, it is also a well-constructed commentary on the rise of the right and others stupidity in today’s society (flat earthers take note). Tremendous tuneage and attacks on Bannon and the like.
Its OK to punch a Nazi
I couldn’t relay the message on track three any better than Cockwomble – and they say it so much better than me on final track, “It’s OK to punch a Nazi”. Of course, it is, and if you don’t agree, I have no idea why you are reading this, or even how you got here. Something has gone wrong and you can fuck right off. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
As you would expect from a band featuring the talents of Victoria Smith the bass parts are sublime, try ignoring them at your peril.
Track four leaves behind the attacks on the 21st Centuries deserving targets (unfortunately the same targets as we’ve been fighting every decade for as long as I can remember) to celebrate the life of one of punk’s legends Joey Ramone, also giving the band the opportunity to give a nod to Victoria Smith’s other band.
Cockwomble album next please…