London Three piece The Dub Righters throw their frayed flat cap into the Street Ska ring. The bands independent underground sound resonates with squatters rights, mouldy bathrooms and bed sheet curtains. Opener ‘Archway Keith’ has a distinct homemade 2-Tone riff aided by some slurry pavement vocals. ‘Life Is For The Living’ bounces like a wasted white trash in a speed Reggae disco.Next up is the rough rap of ‘Boombox’ that crosses the Jamie T river in a wooden Dub canoe while ‘Beat The Bastards’ lurches on a libertine ledge of pained vocals and tight drums. Title track ‘True Sound Killaz’ benefits from some added female backing vocals that help with the bands sound and balance. The deeply inhaled ‘Death Bed Regrets’ is an echo-heavy, fire horn happy punctured spare of a track. The final cut ‘Black Coffee’ is the last supermarket own brand jar in the hangover cupboard of daytime TV, nighttime toking and dirty white Adidas.
A release from a place you don’t want to see, smell or sleep in.
TRUE SOUND KILLAZ
Plasterer Records
6.5/10