The Finnish Punk Rockers”The backstabbers” recently released their EP “High Speed Rock’n’Roll” and it’s like Schmitz Katze. If you like bands like Ramones, Peter Pan Speedrock, The Hellacopters, Chrome Division, The Cumshots, AC/DC and Motörhead, you should definitely check out this EP. The guys from “The Backstabbers” really let it rip on this EP and show us that there are really good young people in punk rock too!
“The Backstabbers” were formed in 2013 in the heart of Lapland, Finland and consists of Jesperi Mommo (guitar/vocals), Aleksi Tiainen (drums) and Roope Tapio (bass). Their sound is based on the early 80s and greats like Peter Pan Speedrock, Ramones, The Clash and metal bands like Motörhead or AC/DC and goes down like a suppository! The boys make no claim to originality with their sound, but considering how young the band is, they are moving with a lot of fuss towards conquering the throne of punk rock.
The trio has released 2 EPs and a single so far and played over 50 shows in Finland in the past two years. In September 2015 the band moved from the vast lands of Lapland, more precisely from Rovaniemi to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, in order to get things moving better. And they are on the right track, because this EP convinces from A to Z.
This great EP contains four energetic tracks with strong, rough vocals, supported by punchy basslines, hard drums and guitar riffs that are just a lot of fun. Old school punk rock that doesn't have to shy away from its competition. Here you are grabbed by the forelock and really shaken, your feet automatically begin to twitch.
When listening to this EP, the young fan inevitably takes the air guitar in hand and rocks off in front of his home speakers, while the slightly older listener cannot move from his armchair because he was immediately surrounded by the imaginary drum kit. Hard pumping bass, drums that chase forward and guitar work that goes off mercilessly and rushes into your ears. The EP is full of fat guitar riffs and dirty rock'n'roll in up tempo.
“The Backstabbers” hit us with “High Speed Rock’n’Roll”, a loud, violent, brutal, fast and entertaining piece of music. It's just great what the trio can let off steam with their musical instruments. This proves once again that you don't need more than three actors to put together a good album. Here you can really feel the joy of playing and the sound is hot, loud, dirty, sweaty and the four tracks blow free the dried-up ear canals of every punk rocker.
Tracklist:
- Ain't going home
- Thundertrain
- One For The Road
- This Town
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