BELTONES (The): Cheap Trinkets — Natural Vinyl LP

Street punk that actually sounds like it came from the street, not a rehearsal room in someone's parents' suburb. The Beltones have been quietly essential since the late 90s, the kind of band that gets photocopied onto a patch before they ever get a proper write-up anywhere.

Cheap Trinkets is the record that cemented them as more than a footnote in the American punk underground. Melodic without being soft, rough without being sloppy, it sits comfortably in that lineage of working-class punk that takes its cues from Oi! without cosplaying it. The natural coloured vinyl pressing is a nice touch for a band that's never really chased aesthetics.

Coloured natural vinyl LP. Punk rock. USA origin.

Fans of: STREET BRATS, ANTI-HEROS, THE TEMPLARS, LOWER CLASS BRATS