4 October 2024

Band: THE RATS
Who: 5 ambitious noisemakers
from Ghent, Belgium.

TUTV: These Belgian up-and-coming punk pitbulls released their
contender for best EP of the year, named DISCO TO DISCO last month.

Last Wednesday, they threw a raw and rough release party. Wowzers. I guess their unbridled intensity matches an electric chair experience. Furious frontman Emile
is the maddening man in the middle. Off-stage he’s as sweet as Dr. Jekyll, on stage
he turns into a badass Mr. Hyde bastard with shorts on. Backed by a bulldozing rats
artillery, these manic misfits made me think of the infamous Henry Rollins Band .

Fast-forward fireworks, nasty left/right punch after nasty left/right
punch, headbutt after headbutt, and spitting and sneering all over
the sweaty sauna club.

Their smashing debut EP gets lots of adrenaline shots live up there on the podium.
Post-punk at its sharp-teethed best with Old Flames as everybody’s favourite (watch
the clip below). In a normal world (does that even exist?) this roaring riff-ripper should
be on top of the indie charts all over this messed-up planet.

Footage by KinkyStarCeSoir (thanks, Wouter)

The band’s message was very loud and crystal clear: they are here to stay and
have no intention whatsoever to stop attacking your ears and your speakers and
go nuts at their alive and kicking performances. The rat race has only started.

Hail hail, motherrockers!

Stream/buy DISCO TO DISCO right here
and have yourself a jolly good moshpit.

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