<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5287" src="https://rockthepigeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/10-12-18-the-bare-minimum.jpg?w=932" alt="10 12 18 The Bare Minimum.jpg" width="466" height="466" />The Bare Minimum&#8217;s &#8216;Safe Bet&#8217; is short, intensely melodic punk rock with an irreverent, traditionalist take. This, they say, is &#8220;the first track from our upcoming EP <em>Where the Buses Don&#8217;t Come</em>,&#8221; which will be out on November 2nd. These guys have a pretty well-defined anti-consumerist, spitfire approach to their genre. The short, kind of structureless nature of the song is reminiscent of grindcore or crust punk. At the same time, they utilize a Gilman Street-style melodicism to soften the edges of this buzzsaw tune. The sardonic, overtly critical commentary they convey through their surprisingly high production value music video serves as a nice clarification of their general message. This is a nice little rager from an intense band. Check out &#8216;Safe Bet&#8217; below!</p>
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<p class="p1">Noah Zucker // IG &#8211; @zucker.n // Twitter &#8211; @zuckern13</p>