Released: 2021
Ok, so The Bronx represent something of an anachronism, an old wolf in noughties wolf’s clothing. Setting aside their charming Mariachi side hustle, the LA band with the New York name were doing their thing when some of the other artists on this list were in nappies.
But…but. It’s a remarkable feat, however society has by and large erased from its collective memory being cooped up indoors for months on end, it’s dissasociative effects, the loneliness and lack of connection. All this meant that both the familiar and the kinetic carried a premium in the time that followed, simple joys like bouncing off other folks in a mosh pit to be cherished.
The Bronx’s self titled sixth album wasn’t that dissimilar to the fifth, or the third, or in all honesty the second. But on High Five they proved that whatever decade you land in, there’s still plenty of thrills in getting whatever you do a hundred percent right. Like kissing a stranger, drinks in a bar or sharing one last cigarette before you quit – and like The Bronx – some things have the right to never get old.
The Voice Of Unreason 