It is said that Billy Childish, the Chatham-based artist and musician lionised by Jack White, among others, has made the same garage punk album umpteen times. This latest iteration is above par, as tongue-in-cheek and wise as it is acerbic and frill-free. Punk Rock Enough For Me mischievously celebrates Leadbelly, Dostoevsky, “a cup of tea” and “the Beatles without George Martin” as greats that meet with Childish’s approval. It’s So Hard To Be Happy offers a nuanced take on human relations that restates Childish’s modus operandi – “I don’t integrate myself trying to be liked”. He Wore a Pagan Robe, meanwhile, is hell-for-leather ur-rock’n’roll, making mention of “a didactic cup of grey”. Still potent, then.
