SINGLE REVIEW: Tin Cry - The Revolution Started (With a Song)
If Tin Cry’s debut was a sharp-elbowed power-pop bruiser, then ‘The Revolution Started (With a Song)’ swerves into more offbeat, politically charged territory — all art-punk scruff and semi-spoken defiance. There’s a theatrical tilt to it, but not in a self-indulgent way. Instead, it channels the kind of everyday chaos that made early Strummer or Lydon sound so vital: a laddish, world-weary sort of rebellion that doesn’t posture, just shrugs and digs in.
The guitars don’t aim for polish — they shuffle and slant, weaving around drums that barely bother to dress up. It’s loose, unfussy, but smart. That raw, scrappy delivery is exactly what makes it tick; it’s not trying to dazzle, just deliver the message straight. And the message? Revolution — but not the kind that arrives with fanfare. This one’s scrawled on the walls, murmured under breath, passed down through songs and lived experience.
There’s something compelling in its imperfection — a sense that it knows exactly what it is and doesn’t care if you do. It’s political without preaching, messy without falling apart, and effortlessly cool in its refusal to try too hard. A proper evolution from their debut and proof there’s more to Tin Cry than big hooks and fast riffs.
