The Rabble – The Battle's Almost Over

Releasedate: 20-08-2010; Label: Filthylucre (New Music)
By: Nina Mende

The Rabble are a punk rock band from Auckland, New Zealand, that formed in the NZ summer of 2000/2001. Their official MySpace page went live on 29 February 2004. The Rabble are strong believers in the DIY attitude. They write and record their own music and music videos, with help from friends and family. Their first webisode is out on their MySpace page now, and more are released every 2 weeks. They collaborated with Mark Unseen of Boston band The Unseen to create the song/video for “This World is Dead” from their latest album “The Battle’s Almost Over”. The Rabble were on tour in the UK and Europe from August to January 2009 as well as writing and recording for their next album. 6 drum tracks were recorded at York Street studios in Auckland early in 2008,and the bass and guitars are being tracked at Number 8 wire Recording studio, once again by Chazz Rabble. The band say they feel that this next album will once again be a step up from their last, “it’s more mature yet still addictive and fun.” In April 2010 they were in line-up at Punk & Disorderly Festival in Berlin. Now they finally released “The Battle’s Almost Over” in Europe.

The album is pure punk rock at its best and a pleasure for every punk fan. The lyrics are amazing and the music is great to rock and mosh along. The melodies are catchy and thriving. The smoky voice completes the dirty and rebellious sound of The Rabble. Seventeen songs keep you going for quite a while, get you rocking along and talk about life itself. The Rabble show life as is, without any decoration or beautifications. The truth of life itself. The album layout looks epic and is definitely worth taking a longer look at. The lyrics are in the booklet. Enjoy the awesome CD of the Rabble. I hope we don’t have to wait that long till the next release of The Rabble is heading over here.

Tracklist: 01. Seeking 02. Salvation 03. Sick & Tired 04. Blood & whiskey 05. Bored 06. Tommy Was… 07. The new generation 08. This world is dead 09. Devil’s highway 10. The battle 11. Step back 12. Wasted days 13. Zombies 14. Dead end 15. Start again 16. City of sin 17. Credits

Links:
The Rabble MySpace