{"id":74984,"date":"2019-01-16T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=74984"},"modified":"2019-01-15T20:20:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:20:26","slug":"review-bowling-for-soup-live-from-brixton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-bowling-for-soup-live-from-brixton\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bowling For Soup &#8211; Older, Fatter, Still The Greatest Ever &#8211; Live From Brixton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74987\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BFS.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It&#8217;s only been two years since <b>Bowling For Soup<\/b> last released a live record, <i>&#8216;Acoustic in a Freakin&#8217; English Church&#8217;<\/i>, yet here they are again with <i>&#8216;Older, Fatter, Still The Greatest Ever &#8211; Live From Brixton&#8217;<\/i>. Despite also being recorded in England and boasting a similar party atmosphere, this is actually a more significant release as it celebrates the biggest headline gig in their 24-year career and finds them playing iconic album <i>&#8216;Drunk Enough to Dance&#8217;<\/i> in its entirety, with a few other classics interspersed.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>&#8216;BFS Theme&#8217;<\/i> introduces the band to a rapturous welcome before launching into <i>&#8216;I Don&#8217;t Wanna Rock&#8217;<\/i>, and it&#8217;s immediately clear that the years have done little to dull their energetic pop-punk. They sound fresh; Jaret is his usual quick-witted self. The crowd are involved from the off; it&#8217;s obvious as they segue into the classy <i>&#8216;Emily&#8217;,<\/i> that it&#8217;s gonna be a fun night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Girl All the Bad Guys Want [Live]\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Y6Y1HF50Eo?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>&#8230;And they do not disappoint; <i>&#8216;Girl All The Bad Guys Want&#8217;<\/i> is introduced as <i>&#8220;the best song ever&#8221;<\/i>, and as a bonafide punk rock classic with its irresistible, made-for-singing-along chorus, it is hard to argue. Other high points include the excellent <i>&#8216;Where to Begin&#8217;<\/i>, the bouncy, lyrically barbed <i>&#8216;Almost&#8217;<\/i> with thousands of voices united on the chorus and the ever raunchy <i>&#8216;Punk Rock 101&#8217;<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>There is never a dull moment as the simple genius of their contagious songs takes on a sense of joy in the riotous atmosphere of the live arena. Make no mistake, this isn&#8217;t simply a fans-only affair, their tongue-in-cheek, politically incorrect brand of good time pop-punk is well worth checking out. It&#8217;s songs like the infectious <i>&#8216;High School Never Ends&#8217;<\/i>, the deadpan <i>&#8216;The Bitch Song&#8217;<\/i> and the seriously classy <i>&#8216;Cold Shower Tuesdays&#8217;<\/i> that play like timeless classics and a reminder of what good time pop-punk is all about.<\/p>\n<p>Here, <b>BFS<\/b> have succeeded in carving an even deeper niche in pop-punk history, their straightforward, good-time rock n&#8217; roll being finely documented on this triumphant performance.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Older, Fatter, Still The Greatest Ever &#8211; Live From Brixton&#8217;<\/i> by <b>Bowling For Soup<\/b> is released on January 18th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowling For Soup<\/strong> links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowlingforsoup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bowlingforsoup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFSRocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bfs_official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by\u00a0Edward Layland (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edwardlayland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is never a dull moment as the simple genius of their contagious songs takes on a sense of joy in the riotous atmosphere of the live arena.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,160,15028,16449,16443,16448,16444,16450],"class_list":["post-74984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-bowling-for-soup","tag-edward-layland","tag-fatter","tag-live-from-brixton","tag-older","tag-older-fatter-still-the-greatest-ever","tag-still-the-greatest-ever-live-from-brixton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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