The indie world is full of bands that can make a decent racket. It is less well populated with bands that make you think. And bands able to deliver poignant and powerful slices of social commentary while walking a fine sonic line between muscle and melody, groove and grit, are rarer still. Rare, but not absent.
Taken from their debut EP, What’s the State Done to You?, Boxing Club’s “Father and State” explores themes of those damaging generational cycles, of how parents, the system, and even social pressure from friends and strangers can impact an individual’s life. And as a taste for that four-track release, this latest single perfectly captures a band on the rise, both sonically and lyrically.
With precission lyrics that echo Morrissey’s Smiths era words and a similar ability to shine a light on the ills and illusions, the kitchen sink dramas and the often deliberatly ignored stuggles of everyday life, plus a sound that is suitably both abrasive and energetic, yet addictive and eloquent, it is a breath of fresh air in a world often happy to look away.
“Children raising children”… sounds like a line from a John Osborne play or a Ken Loach movie… and why not? Music should have something to say and not shy away from difficult issues.
Boxing Club may have arrived on the scene with a killer sound, but only a few singles in, it is clear that they are going to be an important band, one only too happy to explore the dark underbelly of modern life.
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