Where the hell did this band come from? I had never heard of them until they started popping up all over DyingScene’s Best Of 2016 lists. They also happen to be on DyingScene’s label so my more cynical side thought that had to play a part in this band I never heard of being so highly praised but only in that one place. Turns out those dudes just had the drop on all of us as well as one hell of a record on their hands. This is the best new band I heard in 2016. It’s punk rock just the way I like it. Fast and melodic but able to slow down when needed. Intelligent and self-reflective without being pompous, preachy or self-deprecating. And it pulls off the ultimate feat of talking about serious shit but never taking itself too seriously. I feel like it’s only a matter of time before someone like Epitaph swoops in and scoops up this band ala The Menzingers and Joyce Manor. Watch.
Davey Dynamite - Rock and Roll
Hey! Hey! Mama!
Rock and Roll will surely die
And it doesn't really matter
It doesn't really matter
Mama! Hey! Hey!
Rock and Roll will fade away
And it doesn't really matter
I don't know if it matters
It will change and it will grow
Set in stone that's meant to roll
And our memories won't hold much at all
And I'm sure it saved our soul
But even they will one day go on and go
And I don't know if it matters
Hey! Hey! Mama!
Rock and roll was stolen by
White people in leather
White people in leather
Mama! Hey! Hey!
Rock and Roll was turned away
Until it made some cheddar
Started selling so much better
And the black folks in the streets
Targerted by the police
Making harmonies and beats despite it all
They will watch their art get taken
Commodified and put in magazines
They will wonder what the fuck still matters
Hey, Hey Mama
Neil Young will one day die
And I don't know if it matters
But it's such a fucking bummer
Mama, Hey Hey!
His name will someday fade away
And no one will remember
No one will remember
He can sue me for this one
But he wrote some killer songs
Making art that stood for peace and not for war
Operations causing so much harm
And I'm thinking that's what matters
Hey, Hey, Mama
You and I will one day die
And I don't know if it matters
But I'm thinking that's what matters
Mama, Hey Hey
You and I will fade away
So let's this fucking matter
So let's this fucking matter
Let's make this fucking matter
Let's make this fucking matter
