MONKHOUSE/STRIKNIEN D.C. - GLUE BAG/...FROM THE DEAD ROOM SPLIT CD

Monkhouse/Striknien D.C. - Glue Bag/...From The Dead Room Split
Belfast/Dublin, 1996, Rejected Records, CD

About time I got this one up here! I can't really stress enough how excellent this release is, possibly the best to ever come out on Rejected in my humble opinion. I could rant on for ages about how getting this cd around 96/97 pretty much exposed me to the fact that there even was an Irish punk scene. Monkhouse were one of the more prolific of 90's Northern Irish bands with a variety of releases on various labels, songs with incredibly heartfelt lyrics about isolation, alienation and dissatisfaction, I'm just pissed I never got to see them live. Striknien D.C. pretty much are/were 'dublin punk' personified and these tunes I feel really were their strongest, don't think I could ever listen to 'Drugs Crisis' without it raising a smile.

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MONKHOUSE/WAT TYLER - SPLIT 7"

Monkhouse/Wat Tyler - Split 7"

Co.Down/London, 1995, Rejected Records, 7 inch.

More from the brilliant Monkhouse, this band really managed to release quite alot during their time, and each song a cracker of excellent heartfelt melodic punk. The flipside is reserved for the highly unusual Wat Tyler, being someone who isn't crazy about humour in music I have to say Wat Tyler are the exception to this rule, these four songs are amazing and always raise a smile!

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