Retarded – Same As The First

Voghera, Italy’s Retarded have returned with their brand new full length, Same As The First, which, just in case you hadn’t guessed, takes its cue from the Ramones and is now available via Ammonia Records and Striped Records. This is the band’s first new album in almost eight long years and signals a move away from the glam infusion that was present on the band’s last album, 2016’s Goes Louder, and goes back to their roots with fourteen tracks of full tilt four on the floor no frills punk rock. Many of the same tropes that will be familiar to Ramones fans everywhere are present and correct, looking at the opening duo of Rock ‘N Roll Tonight and I Follow My Pride you could be forgiven for thinking that you have purchased a badly spelled Ramones compilatio...

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