Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
To be bold is an art form in itself, it is the camouflage we wear, the suit of armour that masks the inner feelings of emotion, the performance we show to the world, and each time we push the boldness of our tempered spirit onwards we create a little piece of history, a wedge of our punk heart full of righteous anger and swollen souls determined to get in the face of societal oppression and take a point for the action of the those who are on the right side of history.
Punk endeavour, the quick burst of near unplanned explosion that comes with the ethic of in your face humanity, a reflection perhaps that what might seem at times to be revered for its humanity is in all aspects bound to upset the uptight and so called tensely virtuous; and in this we must praise the loftier demands placed on those who see the world not as an epic, but as a series of measures taken to redress the balance in favour of the majority.
It is in Perennial’s new album Art History that this particular view stands out, radio bursts such as Action Painting, A Is For Abstract, How The Ivy Grows, The Mystery Tone, and the opening segment that is the album’s title track, are enigmatic, unflawed, passionate, instantly punching a hole against the mists of misery…for it matters not where creativity originates, it matters how the people are stimulated by its effects.
Hailing from New England, Chelsey Hahn, Chad Jewett, and Ceej Dioguardi, bring a fresh perspective to the genre, an extravaganza of pushing the anger and resolve deeper, further, and with a sense of true swagger that the listener cannot help but be infected by.
You can keep the money, art for art’s sake is always a winner.
Perennial release Art History on June 7th via Ernest Jenning Record Co. and Safe Suburban Home.
Ian D. Hall