SKIV released this debut album on Friday 13th May, was this a wise choice or simply a well thought out kick in the face to superstition, I prefer the latter. No Context Bangers comes at a time that the pop-punk scene is starting to reinvent itself in the UK, its taking what originated in the U.S.A with the likes of Green Day being at the vanguard, a band that’s not left out totally within this album, the wonderfully titled ‘Deck You (in the Schnozz)’ has a London street, East Bay crossover sound, and wonderful it is too. In fact there are so many comparisons that could be thrown at what is after all a punk album that never loses sight of it’s influences, but there are also so many seminal and exciting moments intricately threaded within the eclectic sounds that emanate fr...
