Commitment Crew - What Are You? - lp

I guess I don't have to tell you the swedish hc/punk scene is rocking with bands like Anchor, Stay Hungry as well as Masshysteri to name but a few. Commitment Crew is from the Goteborg scene and another prime example of good Swedish hardcore.

The band is an odd one on the Crucial Response roster which is mainly known for it's youth crew orientated bands. Like Insurance Risk Commitment Crew also take their influences from an earlier era in hardcore or should I say Oi!?
Because Commitment Crew sounds more like early Oi! influenced Agnostic Front with a burly singer whose voice at times reminds me of the guy from Brotherhood and on other songs of No For An Answer- era Dan O' Mahony.

With twelve solid songs on stupid television shows, having no goals and feeling alienated 'What Are You?' goes over fast, but the songs are divers enough to want to put the needle on the record once again. Especially since some songs are so damn catchy you automatically raise you fist and want to circle pit.

Another reason to get this record is the artwork by Henrik Skog, it really makes the record unique and reminds me of the classic early Underdog-s/t record. Instead this time it isn't a crowd of people around the corner but a bunch of moshing and diving creatures from hell.

Commitment Crew - What Are You just might be the surprise record of the year.

Commitment Crew