Honey Rockets
Yuck On Stage (Asco en el Escenario)
Los Honey Rockets are a prolific band from Mexico City, they have an homonimous Extended Play released in 2016 and it escalated very quick into the local scene, mixing punk, garage and a huge attitude of vibrant and explosive joy, Los Honey Rockets are a mere band from Mexico you have to listen to.
This year they are releasing Asco en el Escenario (Yuck On Stage), coming on to another discharge of punk and energy mixed with tons of electricity and a dark atmosphere.
With just six tracks we get into the mood to go out and party but also to stay at home and play with lots of feelings from excitement ("Mujer Violenta") and lust ("Ajolote") to just nodding off and try to be reflexive (Kraut). But also the album bring a fresh kind of twist, a garage feeling inside that makes party a whole new thing ("Borracha Entre Semana") and a new anthem of destruction ("Destruir"), "Perdidas Totales" is maybe a messy and noisy track for those who believe noise can bring a new statement of music, kinda like a master piece for the live shows.
In general Asco en el Escenario is a pack full of great tracks, maybe it tends to be repetitive, but it's the main soul of an Extended Play, we have to be patience.
Now, i have a small anecdote about Los Honey Rockets. It was back in May 2018 when i saw them at Marvin Festival, it was almost time for them to end their show at Cinespacio (a venue that was taken to present live shows from bands at the festival), Buzzcocks had their live show at El Plaza and so we couldn't attend it, as much as many of us we went to see Los Honey Rockets.
They had just one track to finish their act and i was excited, i didn't know what was about to happen and they said they were gonna play a cover, so i shouted "Play a Luis Miguel cover!!!!" people started to ask for a cover, and shout at them to play, so they said it was gonna be a Buzzcocks cover, and then it happened, they played "Ever Fallen In Love?" making the venue to crumble into a chaotic punk ecstasy.
We started to jump and to push each other while they were playing, fists were on the air and we sang along, pure punk energy among us, then a couple of lads and i were jumping together and shouting the lyrics, then again we pushed us, against ourselves, the music created the perfect atmosphere to be punk.
I hope they promote this record the same way, at a festival or at some live shows, Los Honey Rockets are a supreme label of quality and joy.
I'm gonna place the link for you to purchase this and their previous EP, because Los Honey Rockets are the band you should be listening right now.
If you want to know more about Mexican bands or from any other place, don't doubt i will bring you something next time ;) See you later lads!
