Blang! by Lach

Blang!, Lach's second album, originally debuted in 1998 on Fortified Records produced by Richard Barone and featuring Geoff Notkin on Bass and Billy Ficca on drums with additional instrumentation from artists on the NYC downtown scene.

The albums mix of acoustic, pop and punk elements from Antifolk's founder has turned it into a classic album over the years and one of the finest in it's field.

We are proud to now make it available as a digital download with the original liner notes plus added commentary not found on the initial release.

Here are some of the reactions from the media upon the album's release back in 1998:

“ The Sex Pistols meets Hank Williams.A wholly enjoyable voyage into a strange and brilliant musical mind.”-Billboard Magazine

“Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop punk songs with names like "Teenage Alcoholic" and "Drink¬ing Beers with Mom" in a snotty voice, equal parts Tom Petty, Richard Hell and that dude from the Dead Milkmen. Check out his recent CD, Blang!, if only for the hilarious song "Kiss Loves You" and the accompany¬ing photo of Lach flanked by Gene Simmons and Peter Criss.”-Time Out NY

“A&R pick of the week! Lach’s lowbrow humor and his uncanny knack for storytelling owe as much to The Sex Pistols as they do to Woody Guthrie. For fans of Beck, Woody Guthrie and The Clash!” – Ron Hart, CMJ Weekly

“The last true punk” - Martin Kihn, New York Magazine

“Alphabet City's stalwart anti-folk hero is building monuments to lonely rockabilly while simultaneously breaking the molds. He never fakes being too cool, but just know he is. ” - Natasha Stovall, The Village Voice

“ He's equal parts Dylan, Sid Vicious and Hank Williams, with dynamic vocals, audacious time-changes and sharp, stream-of-consciousness rhyming” - Mike Beggs, The Toronto Eye (NXNE)

“Blang! is a double-espresso of an album. Revved up and relevant. Fans of Dylan as well as the Clash, the Replacements or even the Sex Pistols will find lots to love ”-Performing Songwriter Magazine

“Don’t just listen to this album, study it, marvel at it then you can relax and enjoy” -Songwriter’s Monthly

“Lach simply rules! ”- Chris Uhl, The Aquarian

“ Lach’s vivid imagery and sharp delivery would make Woody Guthrie proud” - Rob Patterson, The Austin Chronicle

“ It's energized, urgent pop, mixing the lyrical punch and no-bullshit attitude of Antifolk with good old-fashioned tunes.” - Rachel Felder, Alterative Press

"A cockeyed Billy Bragg - maybe a younger more offbeat Clash - maybe a more primitive Elvis Costello" - B Side Magazine

"Mixes the poetry and politics of Phil Ochs with the sweaty chord slashing energy of The Sex Pistols and The Clash" - The Island Ear

“Lach kicks out as good a tune as any Replacements with “Ungrateful”-Matt Machaffie, The Next Big Thing

“His creations are full of abrupt humor and musical creativity . . .He’s prolific and equally creative, with hundreds of tunes, all of them offhand enough to be comfy, but frank enough to be exciting ”-Andrew Bartlett, Seattle Weekly

“Lach’s songs come off sounding like the very nexus of Woody Guthrie’s folk and The Clash’s anthemic diatribes” Willamette Week (Portland)

“Armed with only his acoustic guitar and savage wit, Lach’s antifolk tunes are the earnest slacker’s soundtrack to life”-The Noise, Boston

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis

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