Bail Out, British punk rock duo Winnebago Deal's EP released specifically for Record Store Day 2014, is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it phenomenon. The EP contains four songs, clocking in at under eight minutes total. Best listened to at higher volume, Bail Out is a good listen. It will "pick you up" and set a "carpe diem" moodBail Out, British punk rock duo Winnebago Deal's EP released specifically for Record Store Day 2014, is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it phenomenon. The EP contains four songs, clocking in at under eight minutes total. Best listened to at higher volume, Bail Out is a good listen. It will "pick you up" and set a "carpe diem" mood for your day! Songs are short, uptempo, uncomplicated, high-energy, and melodic: par for the course. They're a little more reliant on an alt-rock "clean" or "refined" guitar tone then traditional old-school punk, which was very overdriven. Tone and tempo wise, if the EP was just a little mellower, it would be very tempting to imagine it cohabiting with latter-day power-pop. The EP channels plenty of that angry, sneering, swear-like-a-drunken-sailor, machismo attitude, in both lyrics and delivery. Instrumentally, it's just guitarist Ben Perrier and drummer Ben Thomas who create the music, so a lack of aggressive "pit bull" bass guitar, common in (at least American) punk rock, and it's close brother thrash metal – is palpable. There's plenty of low end; it's just not super pronounced. There are a couple of spots that have guitar layers or overdubs, such as the introduction on "Gimme A Bullet", [...]
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