Aussie punk rock reprobates THE OWEN GUNS are asking the question “Is This Punk?”
“Is This Punk?” is the third single and video from THE OWEN GUNS’ EP 2 Electric Boogaloo. It’s a fist-pumping sing-along punk rock tune, inspired by the age-old question asked on every punk rock forum on the internet: Is this punk? The answer from THE OWEN GUNS is…no one cares! If you have to ask, you just don’t get it.
The Owen Guns’ first EP release, Violating Community Standards, came out in 2020 to rave reviews from their wives and girlfriends and they’ve been annoying people with their blend of politics, bad taste humour and social commentary ever since. EP 2 Electric Boogaloo, is out on the 21st of May 2021 on all digital platforms via Riot Records/Golden Robot Records. Rejoice!
EP 2 Electric Boogaloo was recorded and mixed by Geoff Mullard at RTN studios and mastered by Jason Fuller at Goatsound. Its 7 tracks range from furious to funny, blending old-school hardcore with sing-along punk rock and adding a metal edge. Full of blazing solos and group choruses – there’s never a lull from the onslaught of punk rock, yet the band even have time to show their “sensitive” side with a faithful cover of the Hard-ons’ Aussie punk classic “Just Being With You”. The guitar thrashes and wails, the bass and drums pound and the vocalist rants and raves at everything that annoys him. It’s an EP that shows the band in full flight. No prisoners taken; no fu**s given. It’s raw and raucous – just how punk should be.
