It's still not totally clear why Charlie Manning Walker decided to end his great Chubby And The Gang project and then immediately start a new band called the Easy Eight, but that's what he did. The Easy Eight, formerly EZ8, is Walker's new band, and it's also got members of UK punk and hardcore groups like Arms Race, Stingray, and Last Affront. (Walker is himself in the Chisel right now, and I don't know if there are other Chisel boys in the Easy Eight.) After dropping a demo last year, the Easy Eight's full-length debut The Easy Way Out arrives later this month.
We've already heard the Easy Eight's song "Fear As A Gift," as well as their theme song "The Easy Eight," which will reappear on the album after being on the demo. Today, the band shares the album track "19.15.19," which has some great Ramones-style crude tunefulness working for it. This could've been a Chubby And The Gang song, but maybe the genres are just different enough that Walker had to go and do a whole different thing. Listen below.
The Easy Way Out is out 8/29 via Static Shock.
