Revilers’ first EP is a short sharp shock of Punk Rock clarity. Part US Bombs, part Bonecrusher, part Wasted Life, every Punk Rock musical signature you can imagine is present and correct- from Steve Jones- esque blues oriented guitar riffs to bile fuelled vocals. Revilers essentially cement their reputation as the band that a lot of the original Punks could have sounded like. If only they had.
This observed, this is by no means the greatest EP in the world, and nothing particularly ground breaking; this is largely to do with the inevitable fact that the overall sound feels too broad and not particularly focussed, due no doubt to their manipulation of cliches. It feels as though these guys need to up the brutality and give their song writing a hefty kick in the bollocks. It’s all very well utilising stock sounds that made Punk Rock great, but a little injection of something a little more their own wouldn’t go amiss.
This aside, credit is definitely due for the opening track “Isolation” and the closer “On The Outside” which show Revilers at their best, kicking and screaming through verses and chanting on unifying choruses. This is definitely worth checking out, and we’d probably do well to keep an eye out for this band, but this EP is a little too reserved for my liking and the appeal too broad.
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