35 anni. Questo è il tempo passato tra “What’s This?” e “Second Time Around”, un’eternità. La Red Scare Industries che ristampa una compilation, un reunion show andato sold out in 5 minuti. Per poi passare al Riot Fest e a un singolo nuovo di pacca. Niente di pianificato per la band di Dan Schafer aka Danny Vapid, non sto ad elencarvi le band in cui ha suonato e suona, dovreste saperle a memoria.
Il mantra è quello di prendere le cose come vengono, senza pensarci su troppo. E poi c’è la musica, melodica, accattivante, schaferismo puro. Non per niente il nostro Dan è probabilmente uno dei migliori, se non il migliore songwriter della sua generazione in ambito pop punk (quello vero). Si è capito che è un album da avere, vero?
“Sludgeworth came from the Chicago underground scene of the 1980s that was defined by legendary names like Raygun, Albini, and Ministry. Genre lines were blurred and bands took more chances because there was nothing to lose. They released music with Lookout Records, but other projects surfaced and Sludgeworth went dormant for decades until calls for a reunion and Riot Fest came along. The band got their overdue day in the sun, but had so much fun with their victory lap that they decided to try something new: not break up! They would meet up frequently in a Chicago practice space for beers and laughs and riffs. “Second Time Around” is the result of that friendship and creative process, and it sounds like it could be from 1989 or 2029. Sludgeworth has already immortalized themselves as paragons of the Midwest underground, and this new 12-song LP is another chapter for the history books. They did go 30+ years between albums, and that’s gotta be some kinda record, right?!” from Sludgeworth bandcamp page