Thatcher’s Snatch White Collar Man EP
THATCHER’S SNATCH popped onto my radar a couple years ago with their brilliant self-titled debut EP, so I was excited to get my grubby paws on this follow-up. Straight away, the opening cut grabbed my attention with an eerily familiar bass line. They’ve torn more than a few pages from the UK82 songbook and used them to make a cut n’ paste ransom note-cum-love letter addressed to cider-swillin’, glue-sniffin’ gutter punks the world over. Snippets of various influences poke through in each song, but it never comes off as cheap or contrived. That opening bass line I mentioned? It’s a dead ringer for the riff from “Tube Disasters” by FLUX OF PINK INDIANS. Later in the song, when the chorus kicks in, the low register backing vocals are uncannily similar to those found in the classic VICE SQUAD anthem “Last Rockers.” These recurring instances of homage are like cracked little easter eggs for spiky-haired nerds. I don’t think most bands could pull this off without it seeming totally derivative, but THATCHER’S SNATCH have their sound (safety) pinned down so well that it bolsters the experience rather than tanking it. Highly recommended.