I am a big advocate of waiting until the end of the year for Best Of Lists, many go way to early, magazines have deadlines that force this, but so many albums are missed that won't get on 2026 lists, no matter how great they are. Camp Trash are maybe the best example this year.
Released on Halloween, I started listening in December and I haven't stopped listening since. It may be one of the last 2025 albums that I've reviewed, but I can intimate that it will be high up on our Best 100 albums.
I think I know what our followers like, but at times we do get accused of being a little mellow, rubbish I know, but this second album from Camp Trash is exactly what we are about. It is noisy and brash, but incredibly melodic. Fist shaking at times, but incredibly singalong stuff.
It does feel very 90s, but the good 90s. I think of Indie Rock, Power Pop and the non robotic Pop Punk. Indeed it reminds me a lot of one of my favourite albums of all time, Tsar's debut album. Certainly instrumentally and vocally.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars is a concept of sorts, about losing and gaining the money. But the whole thing is so engaging, the studio chatter makes you feel like you are there. But the thing that grabs you most are the awesome chunky riffs, they crash in at will, wonderfully so.
The band are not stuck to a template though. No Vision is so damn heavy, superbly so, Guitar heaven. Alibi is anthemic, Biker Bar is stripped down Acoustic and the closer, Heaven Or Wisconsin is splendidly melodic, yet still manages to add some Noise Rock.
But it is the short win all songs that will grab you most. Signal Them In, Between The X's and Bigger Better Drug are absolute winners. The latter could easily have been on that Tsar album. Camp Trash have made us save the best till last. I couldn't find the words to praise this enough.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on Vinyl and as a Name Your Price download.
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