CLASS - If You've Got Nothing LP

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Highly recommended.

Proto-punk-cum-powerpop from Tucson, Arizona.

As previously written about: "glamazonian Arizonans Class is a band name-justifyingly good release in its own right; as dishevelled, quickstep protopunk made by American punk/HC figures of note went in 2022, Epoca De Los Vaqueros goes toe-to-toe with Moses Brown’s delicious album as Peace De Résistance. With that out of the way, back to Class: most notably, they’re the baton Rik Meyer has taken up since folding Rik and the Pigs. To be reductive, you could liken them to a reversed-time Cheetah Chrome, on a Rocket From The Tombs tip where Rik and the Pigs were the Dead Boys. Beyond that, there’s a song titled ‘Cockney Rebel’ which sounds nothing like Cockney Rebel (and a little like the Buzzcocks), Stones-meets-psych guitars on ‘Light Switch Tripper’ and a darker turn to close with ‘Unlocking Heaven’s Gate’, which pulls similar moves to someone like Constant Mongrel and seems to either be about COVID or leaning on it for allegorical purposes."