Looking for a dark, angry rocker that you can sing along to? Look no further than “Jesus’ Tears” by Coma Beach!

Jun 4

Written By Mr. P

By Scott Pasch (DCxPC Live) www.dcxpclive.com

Hailing from Würzburg, Germany, Coma Beach bring their mix of punk alternative to us with their new single, “Jesus’ Tears”, off their latest album, The Scapegoat’s Agony. I always listen to the band before I read how they describe themselves in their press release, so I clicked on this song, and my first thoughts were rad guitar intro, nice dirty bass line, dope fuzz guitar riff, solid drum beat that drives the song, and then the vocals hit. This was the highlight for me. The main vocals are guttural, raspy and give the song its decidedly punk feel. They immediately reminded me of the vocals of Leatherface and The Beltones, two of my favorite British punk bands. Then the second vocals popped in that have the same feel and tone as classic 70’s British punk bands like The Adverts, The Members and The Addicts. The clean melody provides a great counterpoint to the gruff main vocals. The song is dark and angry and yet provides a chorus to shout along to as you would at a football game. I love the screeching feedback to end the song. I can hear their Therapy? influence in the sharp crack of the snare drum that reminds me of the sound I myself tried to emulate after hearing Therapy?’s Troublegum album in the 1990’s.

Much like Therapy? Coma Beach pulls from punk rock influences such as those I cited to others such as Husker Du and Bad Religion and mixes it with lighter influences that many punks fans also enjoy such as Joy Division and The Cure. So if you dig a band that can take the punk and flesh it out with some more alternative and gothic style flavor than, this band is surely for you. I know I’ll be at the show if they ever come stateside.