Radioactivity “Time Won’t Bring Me Down”

sfilzen — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:33:44 +0000

Radioactivity “Time Won’t Bring Me Down” 2025, released just over a week ago on Dirtnap Records, limited edition green vinyl (Green Noise Records variant). The punky power-pop band’s third LP (and third release on Dirtnap). We caught Radioactivity a couple of months ago at Dirtnap Fest, where they headlined the first night of the three-day event. Very high energy and slightly snotty live, their new album is too – it’s tight and snappy, with that Dirtnap sound (melodic punk with sass). Since I hadn’t heard the record when we saw them perform, I have no idea which tracks they may have played (pretty sure they played at least a few). My top songs from Time Won’t Bring Me Down include the title track and LP opener “Time Won’t Bring Me Down,” the punk-forward fast-paced “Why” and the slightly swampy “Ignorance is Bliss.” Radioactivity released “Analog Ways” as a single, I think a day or two before the album’s release and it’s mellow, comparatively speaking, to the rest of their sound. Yusuke Okada from Lost Balloons guest stars on the track, as does Orville Neeley from fellow Dirtnap Band Bad Sports. Also mellow-ish is the song immediately after “Analog Ways;” “Shell” has notes of folk-punk with acoustic (or at least acoustic-sounding) guitar that then morphs into some buzzy spaced-out effects. (It’s really good).

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Radioactivity “Radioactivity”

sfilzen — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:13:58 +0000

Radioactivity “Radioactivity” 2013. Dirtnap Records. I just finished listening to a podcast featuring Ken of Dirtnap Records (“Full on Church of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Episode 48) and Radioactivity, among several other Dirtnap bands, came up in the discussion. Ken gave me this record awhile back and it’s been in my pile of new-to-me records to spin so today’s the day! Radioactivity is powerpop-punk via Texas via Japan; when guitarist/vocalist Jeff Burke moved back to the States he reformed the band he was in overseas, The Novice, into Radioactivity. He joined up with Mark Ryan (bass) from The Marked Men and High Tension Wire and Gregory Rutherford (drums) from Bad Sports and High Tension Wire.

Radioactivity is punchy, melodic and a little bit snotty: punk in the spirit of the the Ramones with very few hard edges, a teeny bit of jangle and tons of energy. Better for pogo-ing than slamming. “What You Want” is a re-worked Novice song (also released on Dirtnap Records in 2013 as a 7″) and one of my favorite songs on the LP. Other top tracks include the lead track “Sickness,” “World of Pleasure,” “Alright” and “When I’m Gone.”

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