WELT
ASHES TO ASHES EP
(Cider City)
Corking punk rock from Sacramento’s finest.
4/5
Sacramento based WELT have been knocking out top notch punk rock ’n’ roll since 1994. Bristol’s Cider City have come up trumps with this long-awaited follow up to 2001’s critically acclaimed ‘Brand New Dream’. Produced, engineered, and mixed by the dream team of Bill Stevenson (of Descendants/ALL/Black Flag fame) and Jason Livermore (Wretch Like Me), this EP really delivers the goods in the form of mid-paced melodic punk rock somewhere between latter day Social Distortion, Reno Divorce and Face to Face; chock full of pop hooks and even a hint of country. It’s as shame they’ve only come up with a 4-track EP though, as a full-blown LP would go down a treat.
Lee Cotterell
