SKIN DISORDER / STRONG ISLAND BOOT BOYS 7" Ep Review

US label United Riot Records continues in releasing vinyls of older US bands around 211 Bootboys from NYC and their demos. So they have already released EP´s Strong Island Bootboys, N.Y. Hoods, Frontline Soldiers, Brute Force or American Eagle. These songs are the last one´s recorded both from SSB and SD. EP is opened with Skin Disorder (which are more known because of their release through Bords de Seine) with their two songs American Style and Offensive Action. The band plays in four piece line up and it is classic stomping US Oi! sound in middle rhythm like Boot Party or song Pulling on the Boots. Topics are quite classics – US Oi! style which is different from British one or time for radical offensive action. Strong Island Bootboys plays in four also and they have there one song called Brass Knuckle Negotiation. Song begins in slower rhythm, then it gets into similar rhythm as Skin Disorder and then it gets slower again. The vocal is more covered and I like it little bit more than A side. EP is limited to 300 copies (200 clear red/transparent and 100 black) and 14 testpressings. Cover is from HM design (Muna) and it absolutely fits to the atmosphere of the EP. There are no lyrics inside but it doesn´t matter. Fine piece with songs that probably never see the light of the day if URR didn´t release this EP.
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