“Go, fight, know your rights / Demand your society provide a better life” goes the chorus of “Rights”, the first track from Intro5pect’s first full-length album. Combining the raw guitars of punk, DJ breakbeats, a few drum samples and synthesized electronica, Intro5pect has crafted a bold new hybrid of punk rock. Dave’s vocals sound strikingly similar to Youth Brigades’ Shawn Stern in terms of both style and delivery. Lyrically, Intro5pect has got a lot in common with Propaghandi or even with the Clash circa-“Police and Thieves”. Yeah, it’s hard to figure where the synthesized elements fit in, but they certainly do, adding a vibrant edge to the majority of the tracks.
If you’re feeling that a lot of music is stale these days (CCR, The Smiths and the Rolling Stones are selling you cars on TV, people), then you’re right. It’s not often that a band like Intro5pect comes along and shakes things up a bit by taking a daring and inspired stab at something entirely new. Sure, At The Drive-In and a few other acts have attempted to incorporate various seemingly ill-fitting musical puzzle pieces to form a seamless and complete sonic picture, but I think A-F Records has got a band here that might just do it better.
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