A review

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+++++++++<br> El Accidente EP - Not Since The Accident & El Chapo

Its been a while since we heard from those South Wales scallywags <br> NOT SINCE THE ACCIDENT.  Indeed their personnel has changed since last they waxed lyrical with new member Leo James installed on bass duties.  However, fear not, their raucous punk style has not diminished one iota and they now return to the fray with a split EP alongside Bristol hardcore/sludge band El Chapo.

Opener ‘Keep Moving’ reminds me of early Rancid with Rhys Wilton’s vocals being hollered out over the frenetic back beat of drummer Lewis Green. The lyrics retell the fight to just accept yourself as you are and have fun and hammers along at a fair old pace clocking in at just over a minute and a quarter.

‘Fallen Idols’ is more melodic, but ultra catchy with a terrace style sing-along chorus and the bass of new boy Leo James comes to the fore with fret work that Matt Freeman would be proud of. Recounting the public humiliation of stars of yesterday taken down by claims of former misdemeanours, if the band consider putting out a single (do they have such things nowadays?) this would be my choice.

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