Essex’s The Meffs may be new enough to the punk scene that you haven’t yet encountered their fiery take on very-British rock music fueled largely by their nation’s uniquely broken political system. But true to the “favorite band’s favorite band” cliché, the duo has already booked shows with Alice Cooper and The Interrupters, tapped Frank Turner to produce their music, and landed a deal with Fat Mike’s new Fat Wreck imprint, Bottles to the Ground, through which their debut album What a Life will arrive this Friday.
Before then, the group is sharing one last single in the form of the menacing album closer “What,” a raw, relatively slow-paced diatribe leading up to a nasty riff-back-but-slower climax and a denouement in the form of a heated spoken-word outro. “‘What’ is a personal take on faith, expectations, and self-worth, whilst questioning the whereabouts of a higher being when the world is in despair,” vocalist Lily shares. “I remember recording the vocals in one take, and Frank [Turner] saying ‘That’s the one, you’re not doing it again.’ I wanted listeners to hear the desperation in the vocals and music, not just the lyrics, and we achieved this. As the final song on What a Life, the final lyrics close the album as it needed to be closed: ‘I will not wait for judgment day.’ It’s a dedication to humanity with a nod to Crass.”
Preview the track below, and pre-order What a Life via Bottles to the Ground here. You can also check out their upcoming live dates here.
