![]() So, I apologise also to my bandmates and my mum and my dad. I don’t want them to ever be ashamed or embarrassed about being around me or knowing so. “That means I failed my family and friends as well. “I want to be a good man, but I think last night I definitely failed at that,” he said. In his video, Homme said that the incident meant that he had “failed” at being “a good man”. In the immediate aftermath of the photographer incident, Homme released an apology video, admitting that he had been a “total dick” and saying that he had “to figure some stuff out”. On December 9, the frontman kicked a camera from the photographer’s hands, which then hit her in the face. Pick yourself up a physical copy via the band’s webstore, and pre-save it on the streaming platform of your choice here.Last year, Homme made headlines when he kicked photographer Chelsea Lauren at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show in Inglewood. In The Wild is out this Friday, August 5th via Hellcat/Epitaph Records. 2022 might not be the peak of ska punk, but The Interrupters show that this vibrant fusion isn’t going anywhere. In any case, In The Wild is certainly a shot of fun, without compromising the depth of what they’re singing about. The Interrupters are renowned for their high-energy songs, and it becomes difficult to keep up that momentum over such a long album. As we approach the end of the album, the songs don’t pack the same punch as they did at the beginning. ![]() Elsewhere on the album, ska/reggae band Hepcat and English reggae-punks The Skints collaborate on ‘Burdens’ and ‘Love Never Dies’ respectively.Ĭoming in at 14 songs, In The Wild is a lengthy endeavour. Aimee Interrupter’s rougher voice combines beautifully with Armstrong’s distinctive vocals and Dakar’s more soulful style a near-perfect fusion of past and present ska punk. Rancid vocalist and frequent collaborator Tim Armstrong and 2 Tone legend Rhoda Dakar appear on ‘As We Live’, the most overtly ska track on the album. In The Wild features more collaborations than we’ve ever heard from the band. At times, this style borders on oversimplified, but for the most part, it matches the succinct force of their instruments. ![]() In their lyrics, The Interrupters keep things punchy and straight to the point on In The Wild, even going as far as to break the fourth wall on ‘In The Mirror’ with the line ‘Took me two years to write this song / I wanted it perfect, no wrinkles in it”. But resilient mantras of hope are peppered throughout the record, such as ‘Sometimes when you’re low / You gotta kiss the ground’. Thematically, there are dark moments on the album as the band grapples with mental health and abuse. ![]() As In The Wild progresses, the contrast becomes less stark as the two styles melt together rather than stand apart. The dichotomy of The Interrupters’ style is showcased from the beginning of the album as we jump from the escape-your-hometown punk of ‘Anything Was Better’ to the bouncing ska beat of ‘As We Live’. Easy comparisons can be made between Aimee Interrupter and other gravelly punk vocalists like Brody Dalle, but The Interrupters aren’t recycling what others have done before this is ska punk for 2022. ![]() With influences spanning from Jamaican ska and 2 Tone legends like Pauline Black to the heavy California punk stylings of Rancid, In The Wild fuses heavy lyrical themes with buoyant musicality. Riding the line between classic ska and ‘90s punk rock, The Interrupters’ new album In The Wild delves further into their trademark style with unfiltered emotion and perhaps more vulnerability than ever before. ![]()
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