Malad – Malad

“MALAD” is the simple name of the debut album by “Malad” from the Netherlands, which will be released in November. MALAD – the new high-flyer on Smith & Miller Records. Founded in 2019 by Jane and Jordy, the pandemic not only famously led to a number of line-up changes and departures for “Malad”. In April 2022, Jane, Jordy and Tim began recording the album at Impact Audio in Berlin without a bass player. They quickly found a bassist for the recordings in Sucker, ex-singer and mastermind behind “Oxymoron” and “Bad Co. Projekt”, who also ended up acting as co-producer. ..One and a half years and several kilometers of track later, the recordings are complete and the result is twelve energetic songs that don’t really fit into any of the usual categories. But who cares about pigeonholes when you get angry guitar music that only fits the adjective “authentic” 100%. Pigeonholes also don’t fit the band’s intention of acting as a kind of musical link for all subcultures. In the song “Underdog”, where you can clearly hear the band’s Oi influences, this desire for more respect and cohesion among the various subcultures is taken up and articulated. When Jordy screams at the top of his lungs about the lack of civil courage in the song “Back off!”, you can feel his dislike of the cowardice of the masses in every note. Social criticism There will be a video release for “Dode Democratie” (the only song in your national language), which deals with the anger and disappointment over the outcome of the last Dutch elections, on November 3rd with Sucker as guest singer. Angry street punk with catchy guitar solos, a song with great earworm potential. The white line runs through the whole album with great variety. Sometimes it’s full on, but as with “Love is Dead” it’s also a bit more rocking; not to forget Jane’s female vocals.