The Witzard

Piffle! by The Mobbs " The Mobbs are a trio of English gentlemen whose urbane and well-bred appearance lies in stark contrast to the ferocious intensity of the rocket-fueled sonic blasts of their guitar-based rave ups... Being aware that these gentlemen are planning to [kick] your ar*e and leave you for dead in a Northampton gutter is one thing; their brilliance is that they do it in such a way you can't help but pour them a gin and run them a bath first," reads a fragmented chunk of a wonderfully well-written mynewsdesk press release I recently received from London -based Dirty Water Records . Drawing assorted influence from both sides of "the pond" across nearly four decades-worth of Punk Rock , The Mobbs , at times, evoke The Clash , Black Flag , mid-90's Ska revivalists Rancid , and Celtic-Punk forefathers themselves, Flogging Molly ; Joe B. Humbled, The Bishop & Cheadle have somehow still managed to craft a unique sub-genre best described a...