If you work at an office, there is a fair chance that you’ll have some colleagues that listen to punk music, even though you can’t tell from their business attire. Perhaps you catch them talking about a concert they visited recently, or perhaps they are carrying around a Descendents coffee mug to signal their allegiance. Members of Nightbeast, When Sparks Fly, Bribing Senators & Moontemple come out explicitly as office punks with their new project The Business Casuals. They follow the old adage of write what you know, by singing songs about co-workers like Sheila who is a Yelp frequenter, and cheatin’ Jeff from Accounting. They also sing about their daily struggles at work, like having to report to Linda in HR because of misdemeanors, and colleagues that reply all.
Musically, The Business Casuals sound like a mix of Riverdales and NOFX. Office Party is an EP full of catchy pop punk that will be good for a couple of chuckles. Fine concept, excellent execution. Can’t wait for the next release with songs about colleagues who forget to attach files to their mails, jerk bosses, useless meetings and watching cat videos in the boss’s time.
Get the Office Party EP at Coffin Curse records.
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