Those Punk rascals from Australia are back. The ever rowdy and always delightful Drunk Mums have new record out in a few weeks, and that 4 year wait will soon be over thank god!

Beer Baby is Drunk Mums at their best and fully explodes in your ears, and makes you think about how you made it through the past 4 years without them. They are one of the most exciting bands around, and they’ve got that effortlessly slick sound that’s found in the likes of The Chats and Amyl And The Sniffers. Put ‘em all together and you’ve got the holy trinity of Australian Punk. Beer Baby is made up of 10 non-stop drunken party anthems that will have you throwing furniture around in no time. The band are also hitting the road at the end of March, and I reckon those shows will be equally as wild as this record. They make the kind of music that needs to witnessed live, even if it’s just to see the utter carnage afterwards. You’ll be covered in cheap beer and sweat almost immediately. Total bliss!

The first two songs on the record hit you right in the kisser, and honestly the first half of the record makes you feel like you are listening to a brand new band but the further into the record you go, the more you realise “ah shit the boys are back!!” It’s a real ripper of a record, and I think their time away (as painful as it was!) has truly helped them develop a sound that grips you even tighter than before. The lead single Livin’ At Night definitely shows their rowdy side at its finest, but don’t even think for a second that this is the best song on the record. Every song on this record could have been the lead single, but this one is the perfect “We’re back fuckers!” anthem they needed to hit us with. Honestly, this is one of the most exciting records you’ll hear this year and yeah, it’s only February but there’s nothing wrong with calling it early is there.

Livin’ At Night has a HUGE Ramones feel to it- especially the chants towards the end, that remind you of Blitzkrieg Bop. It’s just a joy of a song, and the whole record is just a real pleasure to listen to and to let deafen you as you play it as loud as you can. I think I first wrote about the band back in 2018, and I still stand by everything I wrote about them- they’re just so effortlessly cool, and I know cool is a redundant term to use but this band are the exception and I think that’s also part of the fact that they are probably a band that you HAVE to see live rather than just listening to the record. The atmosphere they give on record can clearly only be heightened in a live setting, and those are the bands that we need.

I adore how lairy songs like Magazines, Mutants and Saturday are. They make the kind of music that makes you feel alright with doing nothing at all- because there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing nothing at all. I do it most of the time and I don’t feel bad for it anymore. I just really love this band, and Beer Baby is just a great record. It’ll make you feel good and you’ll feel like you’ve finally found the band you were always meant to love in Drunk Mums.

Not My Dad is one of the best songs on the record- it is a really gnarly and gritty one, and even though it’s not even 2 minutes long you will have it on repeat because the way it’s played and the way the vocals remind you of Dead Boys is perfect. The speed, the snarly vocals, that raw Punk feel is truly alive on this one and it’s easily one of my favourites. Obnoxious Punk at its finest. Hook it up to my veins please!

Drunk Mums make the kind of music that regardless of your mood, just listening to them will always make it better. What they’ve done on Beer Baby is really show us fans that the time away was worth it because this record is pure magic. Every song was clearly made to be screamed back at them and for you to join in with their rambunctious ways. A dream of a band, and a dream of a record yet again.

The record comes out on the 7^th March, with a UK tour starting on the 29^th March. Buy the record, go to the shows and become obsessed.