Combining members from JERRY SPIDER GANG, BART AND THE BRATS, and other notable rock’n’roll outfits, CP WESTMAN ORKESTER serves up some rough and minimal Euro-punk for that ass. This is garage punk for all intents and purposes, but to these weathered ears, the songs sit squarely in the lineage of the VIBRATORS and UK SUBS. You get a black-and-white sleeve containing ’77-inspired style, released on a most-respected Italian label—a rather agreeable situation.
CP WESTMAN ORKESTER pulls together garage vets from Sweden and France (members of BIG KIZZ, LADY BANANA, TUNDRA FUCKS, DESTINATION LONELY, JERRY SPIDER GANG, BART AND THE BRATS, TEENAGE HEARTS, and SKEPTICS) for their debut two-song 7″. Side A, “Legalt,” is a straight-up rock’n’roll pounder—big guitar/keys/drum stomp, with lyrics pushing for drug legalization, delivered with the kind of energy that makes the argument feel celebratory. Flip it and you get “Boris är en Spindel,” a Swedish spin on the WHO’s “Boris the Spider.” Here, Entwistle’s kiddy-creepy original gets stripped of the cartoon voices and blasted out like it was recorded in a hangar, with feedback and grunge bleeding everywhere. Pontus Westman did a cleaner version in 2024, but here the mess feels truer. It’s ragged and absolutely unpolished—I could see these guys playing on a DEAD MOON bill—and that’s exactly the charm. Looking forward to seeing what they do next.
