DEECRACKS/NEW ROCHELLES – Smile Of The Tiger EP

deecracks - new rochelles splitSecond only to a great punk compilation, split releases are a great way to discover work by new bands, or else bands that might have slipped under your radar.  This particular split release is a great primer for two acts who fit firmly under the Ramones-core banner, both geographically opposed but united in their love of simple and direct punk-pop.  Issued via Swamp Cabbage Records (home to Caffiends, Up For Nothing and Gnarly Whales), the ‘Smile of the Tiger’ EP brings four fantastic previously unreleased tracks from Austria’s DeeCracks and Eastcoast US punks The New Rochelles.

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