If you have been living under a rock in Sydney, you may not have heard FANGZ before. But if you get out to gigs on a regular basis you would have seen and heard these boys doing their bit for the Sydney live music scene all over the place.
Fine Without You is their latest release, delivering 3 and half minutes of fine Australian punk from the Sydney four piece. There is, as usual, a slick film clip to accompany the new release.
The clip, opening with a blood spattered Josh (v), promises a wild ride. Cut to a typical Sydney scene of a hand off in a park from Sam (g) to Jameel (b), with a nod to the Adidas uniform days with the branding of the bag, as the relentless punk beat of Woodie (d) kicks in. It’s a rollercoaster from there. The bag stolen, passed off, death, murder, torture, and mayhem. It’s certainly worth a look and, as always, the clips produced by Rhys Bennett and FANGZ are absolute top quality (check out their YouTube page for more https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9LlLaqcakuMehnjK7bKoA ).
As for the music, it’s typically unrelenting as you would expect, and if you have ever seen them live it reminds you of the chaos of the pit at any of the hundreds of shows they must have played by now. This is a band at the top of their game in terms of a raw and energetic punk sound. This sound has been refined over all those gigs and it’s great to hear that live energy be transferred onto this record. Woodie’s drumming with a typically relentless tempo, nevertheless, has some light and shade throughout the track. Jameel’s bassline maintains that harmonious rhythm laid down by the drums. Sam has the guitars on overdrive, plenty of fuzz, but those light and shade moments provide an opportunity for contrast. Josh is spot on with this track. Treading a fine line between in and out of control his vocal delivery is just super impressive. Somehow FANGZ can convince me that they are, at the same time, in total disarray while being completely in command.
The song itself centres on addiction, the feelings of being on the outside, searching for a way back in, and breaking the cycle. It sounds personal, and the clip, with its violent imagery, backs up the internal battle themes of the lyrics.
It’s a cracker, existing fans will be more than happy, and I’m sure this will bring some new fans as well.
Check out the clip at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2iDIBz4X40&ab_channel=FANGZ
Music, as always these days, on Spotify and others. If you really want to support live music grab some merch either here https://fangzmusic.bigcartel.com/ or at a show somewhere near you.
FANGZ
Sam Sheumack (g)
Jameel Majam (b)
Steve Woodward (d)
Josh Cottreau (v)
Produced & Mixed by Tim Maxwell
Mastered by George Georgiadis
Film Clip directed by Rhys Bennett
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