Florida street punk with serious range. The Beltones blend high-speed punk with rockabilly swing, dark Pogues-flavoured folk-punk, and 60s mod energy without ever losing the snarl. Recorded in just two days at Goldentone Studio in Gainesville during the summer of 2001, the album has an urgent, lived-in quality that studio polish would have killed. Bill McFadden's gruff vocals fluctuate between a growl and a shout, delivering lyrics about loss, despair, and drinking with raw honesty that recalls a rougher, meaner Social Distortion. This TKO Records remastered reissue on Natural vinyl adds two bonus tracks and restores a criminally overlooked gem of early 2000s American punk to its proper format.
Fans may like: Swingin' Utters, Stiff Little Fingers, Street Dogs, The Bruisers, Social Distortion
Release Information: Artist: THE BELTONES Title: Cheap Trinkets Format: 12" Vinyl LP (Natural Vinyl / Remastered Reissue) Artist's country of origin: USA (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Genre: Street Punk / Punk Rock / Oi! Original year of release: 2001 This pressing released: 2025 (TKO Records) Label: TKO Records (TKO 0125RM1) Recorded At: Goldentone Studio, Gainesville, FL