Hawkins Thugs - My Own Path

Contra Records

 

Hawkins Thugs is still a rather new band from the Basque Country (Spain, border with France), so if you haven’t heard from this band, who formed in 2012, yet I wouldn’t be surprised. But now would be a good time to open up your ears because Contra Records is about to release the band’s debut EP “My Own Path”, so read on!

 

What you get on “My Own Path” are four tracks of Oi! music in the vein of bands such as Evil Conduct, Templars, Perkele and Bishops Green. Powerful tunes with clean guitars, great choruses to sing-a-long to and, a bit of, snotty (in a positive ‘punk way’, nothing negative about it) vocals by singer Aritz to top it off. I like both Hawkins Thug’s 3 own songs, “My Own Path”, “Never Forget” and “Old Time Hooligan” as well as the Camera Silens cover “Pour La Gloire” which is complete with saxophone, nice!

 

On the opening, and also title track, “My Own Path” they sing ‘Where have all the bootboys gone?... I’m the last one in my town!’ and I hope that this ‘fact’ doesn’t discourage Hawkins Thugs to go on, because this debut 7” tastes like more!