IS THIS MUSIC? REVIEW OF OUR (ALMOST) OBSOLETE FIRST DEMO: Artist – Punch and the ApostlesDemo EPLabel – UnsignedRating - 5/5How Punch and the Apostles are unsigned is a mystery because this demo EP is absolutely brilliant. Lead singer Paul Napier has already released a fantastic debut solo album 'Stuttering Hand' and formed the band with Rory Hayejahans and Doug Macgregor last year.In the space of 4 songs they manage to cover a variety of styles from blues to punk to funk with some great brass sounds added in for good measure. Opener 'Come Back to Me' starts off sounding like someone having a fit (it works) and builds up to a fantastic piece of chugging guitar, then there's the brass sounds swinging alongside it. All in all it would be great for pogoing to at a gig.'Can of Beans' starts out sounding like a 70's funk track and ends up in a cocophony of sound, which reminds you of free-form jazz. Then there's the fierce delivery of 'Pickin Stuff off the Sidewalk', which mixes an early rock n roll sound with punk.Closer 'Daniel in the Lions Den' is a blues inspired song, reminiscent of the best of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The vocal delivery on this one is almost primal.So there you have it, four songs, many styles, probably one of the best new bands in the country and yet no label. Someone sign them up now because anyone who hears this will be left wanting more.Gordon Neil
Pontius and Judas"Punch is the last survival in England of the old mystery or sacred plays, of which the Bavarians retain in the now noted play at Oberammergau.
The full name, Punch and Judy, is from the two chief characters, Pontius and Judas. Punch as a Roman, speaks with a foreign accent, and has on his back a hump. This is in consequence of the tradition that after the condemnation, Pontius was haunted by the idea that the evil one sat on his back. In his exile, he was always followed by a black dog. Hence the introduction of Toby, so named from the dog of Tobias in the Bible.
Judas has now been transformed into a woman, because he was dressed in a flowing robe, after the fashion of the East."- Boston Globe, circa 1913 If you'd like a cd with eight or nine of our songs(depending on whim) and a lovely trotter-made sleeve and/or personalised message, message us and we'll make it happen. Though we probably wont we'll shit in your edifice yes we will with a cow facemask clasping our dead end tentacles oh hohoho!
