Dutch DIY-punk noisemakers Real Farmer’s second single on Strap Originals is a gloriously ramshackle vitriolic sideswipe at the self-righteously sober. Preaching from the viewpoint of the victoriously misanthropic, ‘The Straightest Line’ uses razor sharp guitar lines, breakneck drumming and frontman Jeroen Klootsema’s Joe Strummer-like vocal bark to put forward the well considered case of the highly productive, super-functioning and intentional wreck-head.
As far as prickly, catchy, punk rock statements go, the second track to be taken from the Groningen group’s upcoming debut LP ‘Compare What’s There’ is a hectic and rapturous one, with the self-assured lines “Don’t tell me that I’m wrong, I know I’m the good one” getting followed up by an exquisitely spiky guitar squall acting like a billion underlines to mark the singer’s perfectly salient point.
‘The Straightest Line’ was released on 10th January 2023 video is out in the wonderful wild for you to witness on YouTube below:
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