{"id":66657,"date":"2018-07-19T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=66657"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:22:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:22:32","slug":"review-trash-boat-crown-shyness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-trash-boat-crown-shyness\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Trash Boat &#8211; Crown Shyness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-66658\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/702176-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"308\" title=\"\">In a time where pop-punk is feeling more stale and repetitive than ever, it takes a lot for a band within the genre to not feel completely stock and really capture your attention. Step-up St. Alban five-piece <strong>Trash Boat\u00a0<\/strong>who, with complete authority and confidence in their new-found heavier sound, grab you in truly captivating fashion on their sophomore effort \u2018<em>Crown Shyness\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following on from their pumped-up 2016 debut LP <em>\u2018Nothing I Write You Will Change What You\u2019ve Been Through\u2019, \u2018Crown Shyness\u2019 <\/em>shows off a clear sense of progression and finding their feet on album number two. Where bands typically choose to dive head first into a lighter feel,\u00a0<strong>Trash Boat\u00a0<\/strong>make the tone darker, the themes more cathartic and the overall experience a far more intense listen.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, there\u2019s an obvious lack of easy-listen pop-rock, with a clear press on including more melodic-hardcore influences, something that was only dished out in flashes on the band\u2019s debut. Straight in with huge singles\u00a0<em>\u2018Inside Out\u2019\u00a0<\/em>and <em>\u2018Shade\u2019<\/em>, frontman Tobi Duncan wastes no time in unleashing fierce, guttural vocals over meaty riffs and migraine-inducing drums. This pressure is consistent and throughout the record, you hear way more of this fresh angst-ridden Duncan, adding a necessary bite to beefed-up tracks like <em>\u2018Controlled Burn\u2019 <\/em>and the emphatic closer <em>\u2018Love, Hate, React, Relate\u2019. <\/em>The group still retain their talent for writing incredibly hooky choruses too, like on the newly-released power-house of a single\u00a0<em>\u2018Old Soul\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Trash Boat - Old Soul (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPpfIFxFLUY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrically and thematically, Duncan opens himself up through his depictions of mental health, particularly tackling depression and its development into adulthood. The album title<em>\u00a0<\/em>reflects the natural phenomenon of treetops separating themselves from one other, while also serving as a clever analogy of what it\u2019s like to be closed-off when suffering from mental health issues \u2013 a theme explored to its fullest form on the bitter-sweet, stripped-back acoustic title track.<\/p>\n<p>To label <strong>Trash Boat\u00a0<\/strong>as a pop-punk band almost seems insulting at this point, for they\u2019re far more explorative of their style and concepts than your average, run-of-the-mill pop-punk band. To put it simply, <em>\u2018Crown Shyness\u2019 <\/em>is the best step forward that the pop-punk scene has seen in a long time. With any luck, this record should see <strong>Trash Boat\u00a0<\/strong>elevated to the platform they deserve to be on.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Crown Shyness\u2019<\/em> by\u00a0<strong>Trash Boat <\/strong>is out on 20th July<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>on\u00a0<strong>Hopeless Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trash Boat <\/strong>links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trashboat.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TrashBoatUK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrashBoatUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Dylan Tuck (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanJTuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DylanJTuck<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a time where pop-punk is feeling more stale and repetitive than ever, it takes a lot for a band within the genre to not feel completely stock and really capture your attention. 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