God Less America by The Revelons Turned Garage Punk into a Surfing Soundtrack for State Collapse –

Lux Interior would surely be tipping his microphone stand towards The Revelons after hearing God Less America, an alt-punk protest single with a title sharp enough to make the entire psychobilly scene salute. The retro-focused outfit own the unhinged, manic, B-movie vocals and reverb-drenched moans as they shriek and surf across the ebb and flow of deliciously toned hillbilly guitars.

God Less America defies its garage punk aesthetic. The lo-fi atmosphere becomes the perfect mise en scene to cinematically soundtrack the demise of the States, which, maybe, were never that great to start with. There is satire in the sneer, fury in the twang and enough deranged theatricality to make the track feel like a drive-in horror film projected onto a burning flag.

The single sits comfortably inside the warped Americana vision of Rodeo Drive, Gregory Lee Pickard’s home-recorded Revelons project, where traditional folk instrumentation crashes headfirst into raw punk electricity. With performances augmented by renowned players from the early CBGB punk era, the record bends Americana until its bones start making strange noises.

The Revelons understand that protest music gains power when it refuses politeness. God Less America is scuzzy and ferally pointed, transforming retro references into something politically venomous enough for the present tense.

God Less America is now available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast