If you happen to be fond of pop-punk or to be checking the punk charts on mp3.com you will probably have already heard the name of Sloppy Meateaters, as, after The Offspring and The Ataris, these three guys rule those charts with some of their songs as “Fresh Air” or “Lonely Day”.

Sloppy Meateaters started playing together in July 1999 and after their record “Shamless Self Promotion” they became pretty popular among pop-punk fans, also thank to their constant touring and their participation at some dates of the Vans Warped Tour.

And now, this trio ( formed by Josh, Kevin and John) is finally releasing a new record called “Forbidden Meat”, named indirectly by Fat Mike of NOFX while Sloppy Meateaters were playing at the Warped Tour in Texas with them and they got stuck playing on the side stage while NOFX were playing on the main stage; so during their set, Fat Mike said “Everyone go check out Forbidden
Meat. I Mean Sloppy Meateaters”, and the band thought it was funny how he called the band Forbidden Meat - so they named the album after it! Also, this new record is the first one produced by the band with the help of a record label, Orange Peal Records, that gave the band a decent budget to record this CD ( and it shows it!).

Talking about the most important thing, the music, Sloppy Meateaters play incredibly catchy, bouncy and tuneful pop punk rock, with a lot of power, melody, blazing and great vocals and choruses and the record is blessed with some really clever lyrics: they are not just fun as in “Fat Chicks”, that goes like “I sit on my stool looking hip and cool, the radio’s blasting Blink182, I wish I could be on TRL, I wish I didn’t have to front the shelves” or in “Talking ‘Bout Jesus”, but they have also serious teenage issues as in “Suddenly Forget” or in “Play the Game”, with such lines as “You give nothing yet in return you get it all, I give my life to you that’s how we play the game”.

“Forbidden Meat” is so energetic and enthusiastic at the same time, and among the 15 tracks there are both fast songs as slower ones, and it never gets me bored. This is probably my favourite record right now, I don’t know how anyone could resist their charm; the record will hit the stores June 5th but wise people should get it before anyone at the band’s site, because if you don’t know these three dudes you are missing out great time…