You don’t need to know that the songs on this EP are 2024 reboots of tunes from Long Island glam punks Bad Mary‘s Better Days album from fully ten years ago. You don’t need to know this because the songs re-presented for our listening pleasure here are still fresh and vital and, better yet, brought artfully into the 2020s through being re-recorded with guitarist Dave Henderson firmly in control behind the desk. The process has made this six-track EP sound super-contemporary: The Bad Mary vibe is fun, feisty and in your face, and these are six tracks of prime dayglo street punk with buckets of attitude. What is evident from this EP is Bad Mary’s astonishing level of musicality – these re-recordings really highlight their artistry and musical nous. Kicking off w...