Orphan Boy - Postcode (Concrete)
3/5
By: Keri Kennedy
With its Spector-esque drums underneath a Joe Strummer style spoken intro, 'Postcode' starts on a sombre note of burnt out cars, boarded up shops and kids high on fumes. It's another tale about coming from a crap town - no offence Grimsby - that these upstarts of 'Council Pop' seem to be churning out to high acclaim (Lamacq and Riley to name a couple).
It takes a turn one minute in with a thrashing chorus that's angsty and aggressive, not just giving a nod but taking a full bow to the British Punk era way before their years. Vocalist Paul Smith repeatedly chants; "I got the noose made out for you" over spiky guitar and frenetic drums, before returning to a plodding outro that I'm not sure is really needed.
Orphan Boy are working class Punk-Pop lads treading the same boards as Arctic Monkeys, writing about real life with the ability to make it into a listenable - if a bit rough around the edges - tune.
Stream 'Orphan Boy' HERE.
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