The Moms – Snowbird EP

New Jersey punks The Moms have been treading the boards of venues across the USA for the past five years and have been building their following through relentless touring and previous low key releases on Paper And Plastick and Panic State Records. They are now signed to Bar/None Records and Snowbird is their first release for the label. The EP was recorded with Pete Steinkopf of The Bouncing Souls and Brett Romnes from I Am The Avalanche, the combination of these two veterans and The Moms has produced what is one of my favourite singles of the year.

Opening track Road Soda sets the tone, this is irresponsible bouncy punk rock and this is an ode to the joys of drinking on the road, I get the feeling that The Moms aren’t planning on acting as role models anytime soon. The first five tracks are all fine frantic numbers that flash past in a delirious blur and the final track, Criminal, brings things to slightly slower anthemic finish. My personal favourites are Road Soda, Seen Enough and The Bottom, these tracks alone, which comprise half of the EP, would be enough to warrant buying Snowbird but you take into account there are three other tracks which are almost their equal and you should already be reaching for your wallet to pre-order The Moms latest release

Snowbird is comprised of six short sharp bursts of discordant punk rock that should improve your day immensely and keep a smile on your face, the influence of both The Bouncing Souls and I Am The Avalanche can be heard on Snowbird, this is somewhat unsurprising given who produced this EP, but they have their own sound which melds discordant post hardcore with an irresistible bouncy punk spirit. There is enough variation across the six tracks on Snowbird to keep things interesting, and to make you wish this was an album rather than EP.

Snowbird will be released on September 16 and can be pre-ordered here

The Moms website can be found here

You can watch the video for Road Soda and Stop/Start below