'Fish N Tins' present a tune dedicated to teenage innocence. A sense of longing for California days of the past.
Ah another day indeed, another day of glorious fresh, independent music. You’d have thought this group were spending their days in the California sun, not Swansea! The rebellious teenage spirit is high with this track from Fins N Tins (great name btw!). A track built on friendship is exactly the same for the band. Maxwell Ker on lead guitar, Gareth Gray on bass. Along with Jacob Roberts on guitar and vocals and David Beaumont on drums. Born from a shared house, and a combined love of surf and skate culture. Along with drinking beer, a friendship evolved into Fish N Tins.
The first strum of the guitar screams surfer joy, the simple whistle that hums sweet summer melodies. Often this style of music has been overdone, yet I can’t wait for more. There’s something so charming to the relaxed tone. As if you have sun kissed skin, as you roll down to the beach with your best buddies. The everlasting dreams of summer. Can’t get enough.
The beat in this tune makes your head sway along gently, revolving door of ‘Another Day’ melting on by. You feel a sense of teenage fantasy, one that is often lost in the daily grind of adulthood. A youthful feeling of confusion on the world as you’re enjoying the final graceful days of fun before work begins. That’s how this song feels. Not in a sad way. A poignant and nonchalant atmosphere that’s hard to get. That love of rejecting societal images, in what’s laid out for you. Like Peter Pan who doesn’t want to grow-up.
A train of freedom, relating back to our childhood in the amusing high notes and whistles. Jangly guitar strumming with a tambourine shaking alongside maracas. Like the high school band practicing at lunch. We need that feeling of Avant-garde in everything we do. Not conforming and using the most ordinary of instruments to do so. That sense of romanticising the punk ethos, rebellion used in the normality of waves, beer bottles and the dog days.
As Safe Suburban Home release their final cassette to their wonderful series. There’s something everlasting about this track. Talent that’s been brought together, symbolising exactly what the label are about. A feeling of family. Togetherness. Friendship. Relaxed vibe and new talent. That’s what’s great about this label. A sense of joy you gain in each song. As one may have tones of emotion another, delicate depression or sadness. There are constant feelings of joy. A look to positivity that we often miss in music. There’s such a focus on business. Less on the quality of art and how one may feel in a song.
A song can feel youthful. It can feel like a skater would jam along to it. However, when a song does that and makes you feel like a 90s TV show that you haven’t even watched yet. Bringing vibes of nostalgia. That’s just great. You can’t describe it. You don’t have to or want to. It’s just a feeling. Whilst having a usual punk vibe. We all faced isolation, this band turned the mood of longing and loneliness into optimism and fun. With the track created solely by Roberts we gain a feeling of enjoyment toward the past.
We hear from the off a nod to the craftsmanship of Mac Demarco’s ‘Another One’. Captivating energy with addictive guitar riffs, amplifying a new side to this alternative band. A softer more vulnerable feel that downplays the passion of “full-throttle punk shows”. Emotions on one’s sleeve isn’t to be missed this year. People are waiting for bands and artists to show vulnerability. There’s a modern ballad in this tune. One that presents a sense of optimism in a field of anger.
When a band creates a sense of anarchy, without sounding punk, it feels present. A sense of potential, potential to live outside the conformity of life. A van life. Surfing in a creative unit. All while being a society all in themselves. Where they strum and make music and focus on love and heartbreak. That’s what you feel in this song from the band. A bunch of ex-students who are aiming to live away from the route of reality. There’s a feeling of that in everyone. Some just don’t like to say it. Being able to say that through song without actually saying anything at all is clever. It goes back to how a song relates to you. Without listening to the lyrics you gain it from the groove. And its the finalisation from 'Another Day' repetition where we feel the 9-5 rebellion. Not wanting to go to work. Wanting to sway away from the objectification life holds onto you. A sense of making your own rules. Like Christmas being played over and over again. Yet done in the best way possible. I think everyone as they get older wants that to happen. They want the freedom and willpower to do so. And being able to describe that in a song is separated amongst the many. Funnily enough, the band members all work full-time jobs, yet gain the feeling of working toward an anarchic life.
Safe Suburban Home are full of surprises so it’s safe to say we’re all excited for what’s ahead of this great label in 2021. Stay tuned for what the great team of SSH have prepared for next year.
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