Fresh from their recent trip to Rebellion to teach the gathered punk hordes in Blackpool a thing or two about the Ayrshire punk scene, Skaghoors release a delectable selection of tracks on their new Four Play EP on which they dabble in a variety of styles to satisfy every listener.
Kicking off with a giggling child singing London Bridge is Falling Down (or could it be that “charismatic” buffoon Boris Johnson, not sure) before cleverly weaving the melody into the ska punk n roll of (No More) UK Bombs despairing at the state of the nation under an increasingly undemocratic democracy…while the lyrical exasperation levels ramp up several notches for Gender Vendor, a full throttle punk rock romp lamenting the increasingly complex and baffling world of gender identity.
The band explore Pogues/Dropkick Murphys folk punk territory on The Sun Don’t Shine advocating peace and freedom by “sticking yer weapons up yer arse” to be free. Succinctly put. I am fully aware of the intended target of the song, but it also serves as a timely reminder that the US gun laws are fucking outrageous based on recent events. The Four Play EP reaches its heady climax with a darkly majestic hook laden chiller in Randy the Ripper.
I do hope all this Four Play is leading to the main event and there is another album in the pipeline, in the meantime my ardour has peaked, and I am fully satiated.