REVIEW: Toilet Rats – IV (Deluxe Edition)

 

Toilet Rats is the Minneapolis-based one-man band led by Tommy Ratz (Thomas Rehbein of Naïve Sense, Robosapien, Small Towns Burn A Little Slower and more).  Ratz creates a danceable, noisy yet poppy synth-heavy brand of punk that is informed as much by pop icon Madonna as it is 80’s thrash metal legends D.R.I. 

Originally released last year on limited edition cassette via Steadfast Records, the label has just reissued a deluxe edition of IV, by Toilet Rats on slime green eco-mix vinyl and CD.  The deluxe edition includes 2 new bonus tracks; “Mall Goth” and “Brains”; the latter features Tommy’s longtime collaborator Trevor Bartlett on background vocals, the former is a bouncy, post-punk sugar-shot.  Both tracks perfectly complement standout album track, “Drug Bird”, which sounds like the Ramones if they had incorporated the synth sounds of their era.

For more info and to order the Deluxe Edition of IV, visit: https://steadfastrecords.net/products/toilet-rats-toilet-rats-iv-deluxe-edition-eco-mix-vinyl-lp

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