WILFUL BOYS - Life Lessons LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition of 100 copies on gold colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

Our guess is that all you fans of Stiff Richards, C.O.F.F.I.N., Ausmuteants and the entire Legless Records roster have NEVER heard the Wilful Boys. We unearthed a few copies of the deluxe gold vinyl ($37.95) and if you don't care, you can grab a black wax for a measly $33.95 (cheaper than any of the aforementioned artists)

"the perfect modern companion to the Cosmic Psychos ... that helped countless young men grow chest hair in the ’90s.” (we've sold MANY Wilful Boys records to Psychos fans and wish the Psychos would do what they did for the early careers of Amyl, Chats, Ute Root etc)

"...one mud-crusted boot in '70s hard rock and another in punk-splattered '90s noise rock."

Exploding out of the gate like a primed thoroughbred, “Head Check” shows how skillful The Wilful Boys are at walking the thin line between punk and metal. A raw-throated Fisher demands “Do I need a head check?”… looks like the answer is YES, and fortunately, Life Lessons provides all this and more. “Fully Pickled” traffics in steamroller riffs, piling them high up like scrap metal fit for the junkyard. Just as you are adjusting to the rock action bursting out of the speakers, “Bad Guy” settles into a groove that reveals the ambivalence at the heart of the song. It’s a neat trick. “Der Brain” is a blazingly fast old-fashioned ripper while “No Hat No Play” leans towards Fisher’s sardonic word-view as he shouts “It’s a beautiful day!”. “Both Ends” extends The Wilful Boys trademarked pummel into a moodier arrangement, accumulating an inexorable pull. “Back In The Game” is a pleasure in the form of punishment — enjoy those gnarly riffs as they cave your head in. On “Management,” Fisher deals with the daily grind and the impenetrable bureaucracy that lies behind our dealings with the higher-ups. “Summer’s Over” welds a power-pop sheen to the Wilful Boys’ Mad Max-like bulldozer, while a track like “Waiting” manages to find the lament within the bluster.

A hard-charging bruiser of an LP - we have two others in stock - Life Lessons’ potent brew of classic punk songwriting, hardcore energy and metal bashing prove that The Wilful Boys are a force to be reckoned with.