Wall of Mouths

how did i get one?

i’m a music journalist.

that really sucks that someone had the cheek to do that.

what a fuckin wanker. hopefully he’ll be caught.

in slightly brighter news though, i have a copy of the new record myself and without spoiling anything for people, everyone’s in for a treat.

i’ll post a up a review closer to the release date

here’s a review of the new Therapy? record from Issue 12 of Alternative Ulster magazine…

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Therapy? ‘Never Apologise, Never Explain.’

Let’s get one thing straight, shall we? There seems to be this myth that surrounds Therapy? these days that they haven’t released anything decent since Troublegum. This, of course, is absolute balls and is usually the opinion of faceless internet geeks and aging critics. Nevertheless, it’s been a statement that has haunted the band for years.
Never Apologise, Never Explain sees a different kind of Therapy? than we’ve seen before. This time, the riffs are bashed out with a reckless spirit not seen since Babyteeth and Andy in particular seems to revel in the mayhem. It seems as if Therapy? wanted to make a record that would finally make people shut the fuck up and listen.
Rise Up kicks off the record with a squealing riff and insane drumming from Neil Cooper. It’s a powerful song that sees Andy doing his best Spencer Moody impression to a drum and bass back-beat and a wall of feedback. The charmingly titled Die Like A Motherfucker is up next and typically rocks like a bastard. Chock full of nightmarish riffs, jaw-dropping drum-fills and a chorus tailor-made for the mosh-pit, the song sounds like a hymn to broken bones.
The rest of the record rattles along at a break-neck pace pausing only slightly on the sinister Polar Bear. The song slowly builds up to a monstrous climax with Cairns’ guitar leading the charge. Rock You Monkeys follows Polar Bear and comes as a bit of surprise to these ears. The song has a faintly Glam Rock stomp about it and sees Andy referencing T-Rex’s Life’s A Gas before kicking into a glorious tongue in cheek chorus that even Spinal Tap would be ashamed to have written.
Dead has to be the highlight of the album though. The key to a great Therapy? record is finding the right mix of lunacy and sanity. It’s being able to pull off crunching riffs with beautiful melodies and Dead has all this in spades. Quite frankly it’s one of the best songs Therapy? has ever put their name to. This Ship Is Sinking is another highlight as the band explores new territory. It’s a murderous sea shanty that calls to mind the Sultans and Murder City Devils and has absolutely heroic drumming from Neil.
The last two tracks are a joy-ride to the finishing line. Last One To Heaven finishes Never Apologise, Never Explain in a blur of riffs and feedback with Andy telling us “last one to heaven’s a loser.” But it’s not the last ones to the pearly gates that are losers, it’s those who doubted the band in the first place. Never Apologise, Never Explain is a master-class in sonic war-fare. It’s a straight-up, balls to the wall punk rock and roll record that easily matches up to anything the band have released before. When it comes to rock and roll-no one does it quite like Therapy? Record of the year? You can fucking count on it.

Title: rise up!

there’ll be a weighty review of Never Apolgise Never Explain in the next issue of Alternative Ulster (Number 12) for folks from Northern Ireland.

i don’t wanna give anything away-but the record’s a fuckin belter!

hi-
if you email either jonny@altulster.co.uk

or phil@altulster.co.uk

they should be able to keep you a ticket on the door or something.

there are tickets left so i think you should head on up.its gonna be class.-oh aye-and buy a magazine too!