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The Briggs - Come All You Madmen  |
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 Summer screams a lot of things, sunshine, outdoors, hot dogs, friends, cold drinks, but most of all, for a lot of people, it screams the Warped Tour. Come All You Madmen is a record that just screams Warped Tour too, so, by incorporation, The Briggs scream summer. I hope you follow me.
And yes, the Briggs is on Warped this summer, and with this record, it should be a good one. These guys have the type of sound that you would want from your punk bands. There aren’t really many other bands within the genre releasing records like this; something of a weird combination of the peppiness of the Bouncing Souls, the across the pond feel of Flogging Molly and flashes of Rancid and the Dropkick Murphys as well.
Come All You Madmen sounds like the type of stuff that you would hear wafting through the air at any given Warped Tour. It is fast, youthful, uncompromising and in your face the entire time. It never stops to smell the roses and doesn’t let up its torrid pace the entire time it plays. As a matter of fact, before long, you will be pounding your fists and singing along to infectious, anthemic song after anthemic song. The Briggs is one of those classic punk bands who have plentiful sing-alongs and a tight, melodic, and often heavy rhythm section.
From start to finish, Come All You Madmen rips. It employs that classic one-two drumming that has made a lot of punk bands a lot of money, alongside vocals that make you move and relentless guitar riffs. It’s hard to think that the Briggs is from sunny Los Angeles because the vocals have a definite Irish tinge to them. As a matter of fact, the record doesn’t even slow until the final two tracks, Final Words and Molly. Molly sounds almost like a marching song of sorts, and is a good way for the record to end. It’s not often you hear a tried and true punk band who know the meaning of diversity, but apparently with these final two tracks, the Briggs do.
The Briggs has released a very good punk record in Come All You Madmen.
Grade: B
Listen to: Ship of Fools, This Is L.A.
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