In August last year, LA quartet The Interrupters released their fourth album In The Wild. In many ways it was a familiar package, packed with the infectious ska-punk rhythms and holler-along refrains that had made their previous three outings so appealing.
In other ways, it was something completely new. Conceived and recorded during lockdown in a studio built by the band, it was made with minimal input from long-time friend, collaborator, producer and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong (although he did make a guest appearance on the brilliant As We Live). With guitarist Kevin Binova at the helm they tried a few new things musically but the most immediately arresting thing about In The Wild was the searing honesty of vocalist Aimee Interrupter’s lyrics.
