RAT BOY Make An Impact With New Album “CRASH!”

RAT BOY have released their new full length, CRASH!, via Hellcat Records, the Essex gang of four collaborated with Tim Armstrong (Rancid / Transplants / Operation Ivy) for CRASH! Pulling back the curtain on their usual humor-coated lyrics, RAT BOY locked in on these 18 tracks. Recorded in singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro‘s garden, and co-produced by frontman Jordan Cardy and drummer Noah Booth, the band set up two sheds in Quatro’s garden, as Booth ran back and forth between them, at times barely making the cut. Tracks like Make Me Stay and No Stars pull from that mid-90s raw aesthetic, catchy hooks and rebellious spirit that defined an era. Between the bright, crunchy guitar riffs and low thumping bass lines, there’s no doubt RAT BOY has hit the sweet spot.

“The room wasn’t soundproof; it was a single thin wooden room with no deadening, so the drum kit sounded so insane and live. We didn’t need to add any triggers to the drums; it’s all real! We all shared a headphone mix through splitters, and we pretty much couldn’t hear what we were playing. I think it might have only been in one ear, too, so we had to trust ourselves that we were playing tight.”