"but I can see it in your eyes..."
The mischievous mad scientist in me wants to get a massive batch of 5 year olds, hop them up on sugar and let them go quite mad to "Tenner" by West London indie punk quartet Cardboard. The track blasts into your brain sending signals to all parts of your body making it move uncontrollably. With a descending barreling bouncer of a bass line, feral drumming, guitar shapes that bring to mind punkified hybrid iterations of two tone ska / 70's proto punk and a vocal aesthetic somewhere in between a drunk Joe Cocker and Rob Tyner makes me realize that there is a lot of complex, cross generational juggling going on. Like a twisted amalgam of artists like Detroit's MC5, the Dirtbombs, The Clash, The Libertines and the Buzzcocks, the revisionist punk here feels like the right combination of raw unfettered ID energy and tightly wound jamming.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://www.instagram.com/_cardboard_band/
https://cardboarduk.bandcamp.com/album/tenner
https://thecardboardband.co.uk/
The next great group of rock & roll outsiders is here. Cardboard, a four-piece band from West London, have arrived with a bunch of songs that kindle a youthful spirit of defiance, determination and lightning-bolt chemistry not heard since the Libertines were in their pomp. A handful of landmark gigs at the Hope & Anchor, the Half Moon, the Magic Garden and the Fiddler’s Elbow detonated an instant reaction. “It was everything I hoped for and more,” testified the reviewer from Glitch magazine. “…the most incredible, energetic atmosphere – like a huge outpouring of pent up energy from lockdown.”
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https://www.instagram.com/_cardboard_band/
https://cardboarduk.bandcamp.com/album/tenner
https://thecardboardband.co.uk/
The next great group of rock & roll outsiders is here. Cardboard, a four-piece band from West London, have arrived with a bunch of songs that kindle a youthful spirit of defiance, determination and lightning-bolt chemistry not heard since the Libertines were in their pomp. A handful of landmark gigs at the Hope & Anchor, the Half Moon, the Magic Garden and the Fiddler’s Elbow detonated an instant reaction. “It was everything I hoped for and more,” testified the reviewer from Glitch magazine. “…the most incredible, energetic atmosphere – like a huge outpouring of pent up energy from lockdown.”
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