First Attack – No Escape (Color)

The First Attack No Escape (Color) vinyl brings the second pressing of this debut to a red color format, and it arrives with enough Oi! credentials stacked behind it to satisfy anyone who takes the genre seriously and knows what those credentials mean when they’re genuine.

First Attack No Escape (Color) Vinyl: A Debut with Real Pedigree

First Attack centers on a frontman who has previously fronted Bishops Green, Alternate Action, Subway Thugs, and Glory Stompers. For collectors and fans of Oi! and street punk, that history doesn’t require explanation. The supporting lineup draws additional members from The Enforcers and The Buzzers, which extends the collective experience of the band further. What you end up with is a group that isn’t figuring out how to play this music: they have decades of practice between them spread across multiple bands and tours, and No Escape reflects that clearly in how confident it sounds from the first track. The debut delivers eight songs, all of them mid-tempo anthems built around the specific Oi! appeal: catchy guitar leads, sing-along choruses, and the sense that there’s a crowd somewhere waiting to join in. There’s no awkward search for the right formula, no period of the record where the band is finding its footing. The band knows exactly what it is, and No Escape makes that plain. The record earned placement on genuine top-ten lists in 2025, which is not a small thing in a genre where the audience knows what they’re listening for.

The Pressing

Longshot Music put this out on red vinyl for the second pressing, and Longshot has a history of working with credible names in Oi! and street punk. Limited color pressings of well-regarded debuts from established figures in the scene tend to find their collectors and move on. If you follow the genre and you know the frontman’s previous bands, this is the obvious record to add to the collection while the pressing is available. Eight songs, genuine credentials, and a second pressing on red vinyl from a label that understands the music it releases.