by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Alien Nosejob doesn’t need a damn introduction. Turns The Colour of Bad Shit is the seventh album from Jake Robertson’s punk music polymath project, a record that seems to draw from all of his many influences. Due out on September 20th via Anti Fade (Australia), Total Punk (US), and Drunken Sailor Records (UK), it’s a record that’s both brute and brash, hilarious and snide, with a non-stop momentum that barrels forward like a week long bender. Dare we say so, but this record is balls to the wall fun, just pure punk riddled enjoyment from end to end. Robertson manages to make music that’s hooky without conventional “hooks,” scraping up melodies with a rusty resolve before scrambling the results. There’s a relentless boogie and a deranged pulse permeating Bad Shit, Alien Nosejob grace us with blistering punk that’s as indebted to rock ‘n’ roll as it is informed by basement hardcore.
Following the dark synthetic groove of the album’s lead single “Bird Strike,” Alien Nosejob return with “Trapped In Time,” an upbeat song built on a tight rhythm, handclaps and all. With a propulsive energy, Jake Robertson bounces around the beat with anthemic riffs and scorched synths, frenzied with everything buzzing at maximum volume. Taking a tongue-in-cheek stab at the notion of being stuck in the past, the song blasts through solos covered in enormous riffs, the entire thing threatening to burst at the seams. Escape is futile when you’re trapped in time, the hippies may have come and gone, but Alien Nosejob’s ramshackle layers of punk jubilance are as unhinged as ever.