Broke And Broken. The Legendary Swagger

Just a few weeks ago I wrote a review of 'Sinners, Harlots & Hooligans ', the re-issue album of The Legendary Swagger and here's the band's new album already. In a way I have the impression that I can copy paste my review and just replace some titles to make it fit. The Legendary Swagger has punk / punkrock down to a t. All the elements that make it a great genre are present. Tough, up tempo playing, a rough voice, great want to sing along to melodies, great oohs and aaahs background vocals and on top of it all: saxophone solos.

The Legendary Swagger is a band from L.A. consisting of  Geoff Yeaton - Vocals, Saxophone, Skot Pollok - Guitars, Dino Everett - Bass, Vocals and Jimmy Sena - Drums, Vocals. Yeaton and Skott are the original members having played together since sort of forever. Everett and Sena joined later. Together they are a band that could easily fill the shoes of a band like Social Distortion.

Broke And Broken is a shot of adrenaline and a bolt of energy hitting the listener at the same time. The band goes full out and as a listener you can only do the same. The Legendary Swagger steamrolls over you and leaves you cheering because of it. The band plays the kind of punkrock that only comes out of the U.S.A. and more specifically from the West Coast/L.A. region and does it so well. With swagger is the right word. As if the band invented the genre, that's how confident it sounds. This is an album that everyone with a love for this genre should get acquainted with, fast. Broke And Broken by The Legendary Swagger is the name, should you not have gotten the message!

Wout de Natris - van der Borght

 

You can listen to and order Broke And Broken here:

https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/broke-and-broken