Manchester Punk Festival Releases 38th Compilation
Manchester Punk Festival have released the 38th volume of their compilation series ahead of this year’s festival. Manchester Punk Festival Vol. 38 is…
St Louis punks Fight Back Mountain have today shared their new single, Trouble & Havoc, that finds the four piece pairing classic rock and power pop sensibilities with the guttural delivery of vocalist and guitarist Adrian Barnello. The result is a crashing urgency that encapsulates a stormy relationship between a couple who always find new ways to bring conflict into each other’s lives. The accompanying video was filmed at the Mauhaus Cat Cafe in Maplewood, Missouri to hang with the rescue kitties (who are all available for adoption).
Trouble & Havoc is something of a rarity in the growing Fight Back Mountain catalog thanks to its lyrics being written by Barnello. In the vast majority of the band’s output, guitarist Anjelica Aquilino serves as the chief wordsmith but, in this case, she may be more muse than creator. She reflects, “I can’t help but feel like the first two lines are directed at me, whether intentional or not! (You’re such a heavy-hearted baby, you’re always fearing the worst)”. Barnello maintains that it’s not the couple’s relationship that’s in the narrative sights, but the quarreling relationship between their two warring cats; Trouble & Havoc.