Cock Sparrer

Yes, you've heard this album before. No, not in such a configuration. Originally released in 2007, Here We Stand is the sixth Cock Sparrer record in a paltry 33 years. Mixed by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, this affair broke ten years of silence from one of the original punk guard and a band credited with inspiring the oi movement. However, for whatever reason, it was only brought into North America as an import until Revelation intervened. Now, this 14-track album finally sees a proper domestic release and is treated to updated packaging, remastering, the original intended sequence and a bonus DVD. While already heralded as one of their finer albums thanks to an adherence to the formative elements of first generation punk - simplistic rhythms, driving bottom end and raucous vocals - when revisited in this fashion, new life emits from already-primal tracks such as "So Many Things," "Too Late" and "Last Orders." Upbeat, stern and driving, Here We Stand proves that old dogs have some of the best tricks.