We know, we know –it’s a bank holiday weekend, so let’s make it snappy. There are beers to be had, hot dogs to be grilled, weed to be smoked, fireworks to be set off, and fingers to be blown to smithereens by said-fireworks –all of the above, in that precise order. We get it.
If there’s several things Americans are being known for is: impatient, noisy, and oblivious… Thank God, we’re not talking about you, dear reader, are we?
Regardless, the 4th of the July is the perfect day for Americans for a trifold of reasons –certainly not the aforementioned ones –and figured we’d either give you a few ideas for music other than “Born In The USA” and “Rocking In The Free World” for Independence Day to soundtrack your perfect day to, whatever it may look like.
Here’s what this latest week in this capitalistic hellscape is offering us on Dropocalypse Friday.
Death Angel –The Ultra Violence
Teeing up with a strike from Death Angel to help completely distract any and all fathers – or, sperm donors, however you want to look at it –at any family gathering, this one should go over especially well with the men over 40 who have already downed several beers before someone suggests breaking out the $2,000 record player on the 4th. Don’t expect this vinyl back in one-piece, or without fingerprints or a scratch or two. Or honestly, even at all. Chances are it got destroyed when your uncles got into a drunken fist-fight over who got to flip the LP to the B-side.
Grab it at your local independent store.
Deep Purple –Splat!
If you have relatives over the age of 75 that are still alive, I have three things to say to that. One, good for them! Two, you poor, bastard, you. Three, this should pacify the babies that the elderly are considering how much they whine and feel entitled to other people’s lives when it was never on offer. Not looking to hear about politics from your 82-year-old grandfather who hasn’t been in the workforce in the last 20 years? Splat! should either shut him up, or tune him out nicely. Depends on how tone-deaf –or just deaf – he is.
Save yourself a two-hour long headache conversation here.
Moonspell –Far From God
Feeling like a vampire whose family died centuries ago (when in reality you just haven’t spoken to your folks in over a decade) this coming holiday weekend? Well, you may as well soundtrack your weekend like one whose did for your solitary weekend alone. This time I say, you lucky, bastard, you. Three days alone, with no one to bother you? Fuckin’ sign me up. The older I get, the more being a vampire who lives alone in a castle on a mountain sounds less psychotic, and more like a spa-break.
Motörhead –Kiss Of Death
Don’t have the option of sitting alone this Independence Day while your wife hosts festivities? Make it an option by buying the biggest fucking boxset you can, wife be damned, and make sure to tell the first person you see walk through the door on July 4th about the most extravagant purchase you made, and you must show them every single song in the boxset. No one will go near you, or your music room now. I promise.