New Damn Vandals Single ‘I Hate School’ – Out 06 Nov 2015
Damn Vandals – ‘I Hate School’
Out 06 November 2015
Did you hate school? Good. Damn Vandals did too. That’s all you need to know about the track ‘I Hate School’.
Do you like whisky? Like it even more when it’s going free? Good. Damn Vandals do too. That’s all you need to know about Damn Vandals.
The release of new single ‘I Hate School’ b/w ‘Whisky Going Free” on 06 November 2015 follows hot-on-the-heals of ‘Mad As Hell’ – which featured as one of Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music Recommends.
“A reminder that rock ‘n’ roll ill rock ‘n’ roll for ever.” Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music.
The tracks are taken from the band’s latest album, ‘Rocket Out Of London’: “What rock music should sound like” 5/5 Artrocker Magazine, Album of the Month
The new album is the follow-up to critically acclaimed debut, ‘Done For Desire’, which was one of Bloomberg’s and Glasswerk’s ‘Best CDs of the Year’, and featured as Shaun Keaveny’s BBC 6 Music Record of the Week.
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“‘Done For Desire’ was a terrific album but this takes all they achieved on that and takes it to 11 and a half.” 5/5 music-news.com
The new single is produced by DVs’ collaborator in-chief Julian Simmons (Midlake, Ed Sheeran, Guillemots, Goldheart Assembly).
“It’s difficult not to get caught up in Damn Vandals’ punked-up stoner rock … a forceful identity that’s held together by adrenaline and determination.” Hugh Fielder, Classic Rock Magazine
“Properly awesome” Shaun Keaveny, BBC 6Music
“Bugger me this is cool … primal raw as f**k … with all the primitive cut loose bombast and hell fire howl of the Jim Jones Revue with the devil’s poker up their tail pipe.” The Sunday Experience
“They storm through ten tracks, each worthy of being released as a single … an absolute cracker.” 9/10 Louder Than War
“Like a bluesier, ballsier Doors as they embark on a bloody killing spree in the company of The Cramps.” 9/10 Whisperinandhollerin
“This is vandalism with class.” David Sinclair, The Times
“A manipulative little treat … Like Fatima Mansions meets The Birthday Party at a demonically cast liquor orgy” 9.5/10 RingMaster Review
“As if The Doors grew up listening to Queens of the Stone Age” Little Indie Blogs
“A gutsy, spirit-lifting gem, their magnificently taut social commentary is a trenchant shakedown best served hot and alive.” Mojophenia
“A hugely enjoyable slice of garage punk … This is music with a spring in its step and the glimmer of mischief in its eye.” 9/10 Shout 4 Music