This is a band on the same label as Bob Vylan and Meryl Streek, so that’s already got my attention. Coughin’ Vicars are an 80’s infused punk band from Liverpool, UK who play hard and going by this latest album, record hard too. Curses & Prayers is a twelve track album thats sets out not to be the macho punk album, but an album that thinks evenly in a musical world thats never as even as it should be. The first thing that hits you when touching play on track one ‘Lo And Behold’ is the power that emanates from the bass, a darkness thats grips you until the synth of Gabriella washes over and softens things. This is only a precursor to what about to come though, songs that have the punk angst, yet deliver it with a sense of purpose and care, ‘Anti-Faction’ is f...