Rancid – ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Rancid were a spent force. After ten studio albums, thirty two years in the music industry, an age-inappropriate marriage and occasional dodgy British accents, their last three albums have been disappointing to say the least. However, whatever they’ve been eating for breakfast since their last release has been refuelling their engines because this is an absolutely stunning renaissance from the OG SoCal punk legends. Title track ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’ is two and a half minutes of rocket powered glory, misleading in its simplicity between an intense burst of distorted guitar and that classic Matt Freeman independent bass. Most astoundingly is that vocalist Tim Armstrong and guitarist Lars Frederiksen seem to have regained their singing voices which had go...