Fat Wreck Chords is releasing the brand new split by Uk punks Citizen Fish and American anarcho punx Leftover Crack. Introduced by a split seven inch released early this year (and that can be purchased here), this “Deadline” split is the final release.

I never heard a lot of Citizen Fish before because I am not a huge fan of their genre, and even tough they helped creating and spreading this mix of punk and ska, together with Subhumans, I never found the time to get into them. Their seven songs on this album are too punk rock for my guts, but I must say they are really dirty rotten and true. They have a bucnh of new songs like “Money” (which is a Choking Victim’s cover) and “Back To Square One” and they also cover the Leftover Crack song “Clear Channel (Fuck Off)”, but I am just sorry that instead of naming Rancid in one line they changed the original lyrics? Why then?

Leftover Crack is the real deal. I fell in love with Choking Victim and I also fell in love with the previous works of this band, on HellCat Records and Alternative Tentacles Records. The funny thing is that these guys sound punk rock, but they are catchy. Catchy as the devil. The new songs, like “Baby Punchers” and “…And Out Comes The N-Bomb” are strong statements towards the society of these days, and their cover of Citizen Fish’s “The Super-Market Song” sounds awesome, with it’s ska punk rhythms. They also cover the Subhumans’ song “Reason For Existence” and they do it in their classic punk rock way.

I think if you love old school punk rock, this split is your thing. If you don’t love old school punk rock, but want to learn more about the world of today, this is your thing, too.

PS: this CD comes out packaged in a very nice digipack format, and I love the artworks inside.

Tracklist
1 Working on the Inside            
2 Money            
3 Meltdown            
4 Getting Used to It            
5 Back to Square One            
6 Join the Dots            
7 Clear Channel (F*ck Off!)            
8 L.O.C Intro (B.D.C)            
9 Baby-Punchers            
10 Genocidal Tendencies            
11 …And Out Comes the N-Bomb   
12 Life Causes Cancer            
13 World War 4            
14 Supermarket Song            
15 Reason for Existence

Buy “Deadline” here.