2-4-1 Class SKU: DRUNKENSAILOR164 Barcode: 5056321695352 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drunken Sailor Released Date: 4th August 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info If you’ve ever spent any time in the darkest recesses of the internet, you’ll know that ‘powerpop’ is an emotive term. For every pockmarked tenderfoot flying the flag for some fuzzed-out alterna-rocker’s harmony-drenched new single, there’s a grizzled veteran insisting that there’s not enough jangle, not enough hook, not enough oomph on display (‘I hear the pop, but where’s the power?’). Basically, if you thought ‘what is punk’ was a granular debate, trust me: you ain’t seen nothing yet. Anyway, sidestepping the fact that I clearly am one of their kind, let’s just say a quick ‘fuck those nerds’. This is where Class come in. Class are a four-piece from Tucson, AZ, who are most assuredly all the power, all the pop, all the time. They’ve served time in a bunch of bands you already know and love – most notably everyone’s favourite ‘delinquent slobs’ Rik And The Pigs – and Matt Rendon of their citymates The Resonars is the guy behind the mixing desk, so you know whatever comes out is gonna be good. ‘2-4-1’ compiles the two cassettes they’ve released on Cincinnati’s Feel It Records (which also released their debut LP proper, ‘Epoca De Las Vaqueros’) and it’s absolutely rammed with new pop classics. ‘Steady Hands’, ‘Wrong Side Of Town’, ‘Inspect The Receipt’, ‘Left In The Sink’… get learning these titles now, ‘cause you’re gonna get very well acquainted when you spin ‘em until your needle’s worn down to a flattened-out nub. Sound-wise, it’s pop music as envisioned by the punks – straight to the point, no fucking about. Some of these songs feel like Alex Chilton playing ‘September Gurls’ on a curious cocktail of cheap speed and wayyy too much sugar; others are kinda like the aforementioned Resonars if they ditched their British Invasion records and got obsessed with a heady mixture of The #1s and Richard Lloyd’s ‘Alchemy’. Sometimes it just sounds like a forgotten late 70s punk classic, so I think we’re all in the right place here. It’s scuzzy and scuffed up in all the right places, with blazing guitar solos and crashing drum fills designed to get you where you need to go, with a minimum of fuss. ‘Class’ is an apt name. As you’d expect from a band with three vocalists, there’s more than one style at play here, meaning this record pulls from enough varying strands to keep things interesting without sounding unfocused. There’s no time to get bored, unlike when reading my drivel. What the fuck are you waiting for? This is power pop at its best, punk at its funnest, a whale of a time in less than 30 minutes. Let the nerds wage war on each other – clearly, I’ll be reading it – and claim your own victory by playing this one to death. This band are in a class of their own, and if I’ve not laid it out explicitly enough, you need to start listening. Now. Artist Class Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Drunken Sailor Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Steady Hand Laughing into the Night Wrong Side of Town Oh the Nerve Pills on a Dish No News Could Please Inspect the Receipt Burning Cash Grid Stress Cockney rebel Versus The Cult Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Neck Deep Rain In July (10th Anniversary) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hopeless | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th April 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Neck Deep Rain In July (10th Anniversary) £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hopeless SKU: HR6683-1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Green Day International Superhits Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Reprise | Miscellaneous Released 19th December 2009 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Green Day International Superhits £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Reprise SKU: 9362481451 Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 19th December 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gnarwolves Gnarwolves Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters / Tangled Talk | 1LP Released 12th September 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gnarwolves Gnarwolves £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters / Tangled Talk SKU: TTR043V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Just Mustard Heart Under (2LP 45rpm Version) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Partisan Records | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released 4th November 2022 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Just Mustard Heart Under (2LP 45rpm Version) £27.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Partisan Records SKU: PTKF3019-8 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 4th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mom Jeans Sweet Tooth Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Wax Bodega / Many Hats | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th December 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mom Jeans Sweet Tooth £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Wax Bodega / Many Hats SKU: MISC23C1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Irascibles, The The Blues Is Calling Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bywyd | 1LP Released 16th March 2018 £9.99 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Irascibles, The The Blues Is Calling £9.99 £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bywyd SKU: BR05LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th March 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Friend Of My Youth Telling Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Salinas Records | 1LP Released 12th July 2019 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Friend Of My Youth Telling £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Salinas Records SKU: LPSAL098 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Damned, The Machine Gun Etiquette Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Chiswick | 1LP Released 29th July 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Damned, The Machine Gun Etiquette £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Chiswick SKU: WIKD333 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blink 182 Enema Of The State Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th October 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blink 182 Enema Of The State £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMC SKU: 4799874 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Moon, The Criminal Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd February 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Moon, The Criminal £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR192LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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