{"id":79481,"date":"2019-06-03T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=79481"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:18:26","slug":"review-eat-dirt-death-is-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-eat-dirt-death-is-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Eat Dirt &#8211; Death Is Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79482\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eat-dirt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eat-dirt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eat-dirt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eat-dirt.jpg 425w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/eat-dirt-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>London punks <strong>Eat Dirt<\/strong> have been making waves in the underground world for quite some time. Now having signed to Bearded Punk Records, they&#8217;re following up an appearance at Manchester Punk Festival with the release of their debut album,<em> &#8216;Death Is Death&#8217;<\/em>. With only five of the 14 songs go over the two-minute mark, it&#8217;s obvious what kind of music they&#8217;ll be making.<\/p>\n<p>Opener <em>&#8216;Make Peace&#8217;<\/em> sets a blueprint for their music. Pounding drums and riffs ala Sex Pistols, it is punk through and through, unashamedly.<\/p>\n<p>The riffage throughout is pleasing for anyone who is a fan of guitar driven music, with tracks like <em>&#8216;Pull Out&#8217;<\/em>,<em> &#8216;Dog&#8217;<\/em> (which reminiscent of early Rise Against and Beartooth) and <em>&#8216;Punk Rock Con&#8217;<\/em> having\u00a0some of the best\u00a0guitar pieces.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Death is Death - Eat Dirt (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGdliAwdPIk?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>Musical variation is few and far between, however. A little game-like voice introducing the title track, a more pop-punk spin on <em>&#8216;Come And See&#8217;<\/em> and cleaner vocals on some tracks, most successfully <em>&#8216;Moribund&#8217;<\/em>, is about as experimental as we get. That&#8217;s where the record falls short &#8211; in trying to be explicitly &#8220;punk&#8221;, they&#8217;ve failed to set themselves apart from other bands in the same scene. The pace rarely changes proving to be shortcoming when you&#8217;ve got 14 tracks.<\/p>\n<p>One notable point <em>&#8216;Death Is Death&#8217;<\/em> does have and that is its production. Throughout it maintains a raw edge, and avoids losing the angsty vocals in the mix. Its title track along with <em>&#8216;Punk Rock Con&#8217;<\/em> thrives and sees the vocals at the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, they have more in common with your local punk acts that tear down tiny venues than they do mainstream punk. But there&#8217;s nothing more punk than that, is there? Understandably, <strong>Eat Dirt<\/strong> aren&#8217;t trying to be the next break out band, instead, sticking to what they know. And they&#8217;re clearly fine with that. &#8216;Death Is Death&#8217; is your run-of-the-mill DIY punk record, that comes and goes with little variation.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Death Is Death&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Eat Dirt<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Bearded Punk Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat Dirt<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listentoeatdirt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eatdirtpunk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sam Higson-Blythe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Eat Dirt have more in common with your local punk acts that tear down tiny venues than they do mainstream punk&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":83707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,3147,17019,17018],"class_list":["post-79481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-bearded-punk-records","tag-death-is-death","tag-eat-dirt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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