{"id":21498,"date":"2023-08-07T09:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2023-08-07T09:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:56:14","slug":"new-album-cyanide-pills-soundtrack-to-the-new-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/07\/new-album-cyanide-pills-soundtrack-to-the-new-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Cyanide Pills || Soundtrack To The New Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damaged Goods released LP #4 by Cyanide Pills this week, and it sounds exactly like you’d expect from the Leeds lads: the good good stuff! Cyanide Pills bash out smash hit after smash hit on Soundtrack To The New Cold War<\/em>, starting the LP by what may very well be the biggest raise-your-fist-and-sing-a-long anthem on the LP, The Kids Can’t Be Trusted With Rock ‘n’ Roll<\/em>, a song previously released on a 7″ single<\/a> alongside a killer cover of The Kids’ Do You Wanna Know<\/em>. The new LP has another song starting with those exact four words (Do You Wanna Go Out Tonight<\/em><\/a>) that is almost as catchy.<\/p>\n

There are few euphemisms in the track list of Soundtrack To The New Cold War<\/em>. Low Budget Rock ‘n’ Roll<\/a>, Hope You’re Having Fun<\/a>, That’s Alright With Us, The King Of Morale <\/em>and Say It Out Loud<\/em>? It is all pretty explicit, these words of celebration, frustration, worry, but also words of stimulation, battle cries as well. As expected, most of the songs are played at a decent pace with infectiouos melodies, like their forefathers of the late ’70s uk (pop) punk scene. On album closer It’s Over<\/em><\/a>, Cyanide Pills go a little doo wop and full harmony and it’s a thing of beauty if you ask me.<\/p>\n

Four records in, and I have yet to see this band live. Hope to change that soon and sing and bounce along to the hit-packed discography of Cyanide Pills.<\/p>\n