{"id":5575,"date":"2021-06-05T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2021-06-05T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T19:28:09","slug":"new-albums-randells-kicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/05\/new-albums-randells-kicks\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Randells || Kicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After about 30 seconds of album opener and title track <em>Kicks<\/em>, the Randells sing &#8220;<i>All I want \/\/ All I need \/\/ Is some bubblegum punk.&#8221;<\/i> It&#8217;s a call to action, because the Swedish band is here to bring exactly that. Sure, the cartoonesque and pretty cool album cover of a kick-ass girl with bubblegum under her Chuck Taylors is not necessarily original. The same applies to the music, but I have no issue with at all when the songs are this catchy and fun. 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Out now on Monster Zero Records.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1202087151\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\">&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/kicks&#8221;&amp;gt;Kicks by Randells&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;<\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1202087151\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=655003714\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\">&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/kicks&#8221;&amp;gt;Kicks by Randells&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;<\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1202087151\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=227530325\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\">&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/kicks&#8221;&amp;gt;Kicks by Randells&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;<\/iframe><br \/>\nAdd to wantlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/kicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterzerorecords.com\/products\/randells-kicks-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monster Zero<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After about 30 seconds of album opener and title track Kicks, the Randells sing &#8220;All I want \/\/ All I need \/\/ Is some bubblegum punk.&#8221; It&#8217;s a call to action, because the Swedish band is here to bring exactly that. 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