Trampolene - MADE IN WALES (Indies Blue Vinyl)

The Trampolene story is a classic rock ‘n’ roll story, a band that has embraced chaos, thrown everything into their music, and earned a reputation as one of the UK’s cult underground favourites - all topped with the articulate lyricism of vocalist, punk poet and novelist Jack Jones. Now Trampolene live up to that reputation with the news that they will release ‘MADE IN WALES’ - their most accomplished album to date - on March 26th via Pete Doherty’s Strap Originals label.

‘MADE IN WALES’ is a record that pulsates with the urgency of a life lived at a million miles an hour. There’s nihilistic hedonism at every turn, punctuated with moments of searing self-reflection and anxiety as the fleeting comedowns take hold. But there’s a poetic streak and a street level romanticism at play too, celebrating how your roots and the community around you shape your life and outlook. Those concepts are set to rampaging garage-rock and boisterous indie-rock played with a thrilling recklessness akin to a runaway train desperately trying to stay on the tracks. It culminates with the poignant title track: part state-of-the-nation address, part alternative national anthem.