Boney Fiend – ‘13 Beers’ [Album Review]

“Hello. We’re Boney Fiend. And we’re alcoholics.” “Hello, Boney Fiend.” Seriously though, they ain’t quitters. In fact, the three-piece Tampa-based brigade has been spewing straight legit hops-fueled punk rock for decades now. And proclaiming themselves proudly as “a drinking band with a rock ‘n’ roll problem,” it’s not likely they’ll be attending any AA meetings or participating in any “Step” programs anytime soon — a point proven further by the title of their spectacular new studio set, 13 Beers. Benefitting from the qualified assistance of acclaimed engineer Brendon Paredes, the otherwise self-produced release was created at Studio 101 in Melbourne, Florida. The result is an authentic 12-track collection that resides stylistically smack dab at the intersect...

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