Big Neck (2023)
This is one that lingered in the pile to write about longer than I would have liked it to, but until I'm able to sell this website to a conglomerate and cash out, I'm going to fall behind sometimes while trying to balance other things. The Shirks didn't deserve to linger for so long as this is pretty fun record full of fast paced punk rock.
These songs could have easily broken the wrong way for me. There's a fine line between playing fast and energetic and playing dumb, meathead punk. Luckily The Shirks are on the right side of that line for me. They remind me a lot of some of the poppier bands that Ptrash Records used to release.
There's definitely a snotty, sneer to these songs, but they're catchy in a way that's probably in a somewhat similar wheelhouse to The Marked Men. There aren't any choruses or hooks quite as obvious as the boys from Denton, but there's a similar vibe that I'm latching on to.
The Shirks - Talk to Action: Singles and Unreleased 2008-2013:
https://bigneckrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/the-shirks-talk-to-action-singles-and-unreleased-2008-2013
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