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UK82 ratbags Thatcher 's Snatch go back to the future with their 2nd smashing offering. This ep offers up one ballad with bass lines that duck and weave like Stacy Jones at the 2002 grand final and two raging tracks that give high nods to the glory days of Riot City, Clay records and other UK82 classics. So don't be a victim, say no to disco and fuck the white collar man! Get this record! Thatcher's Snatch is back!
Our take: Australia’s tastefully named Thatcher’s Snatch return with their second record, and this three-song single feels like an even more on-the-nose homage to the UK82 era than their debut. I wasn’t sure what to think about “White Collar Man” when I first heard it, with its sludgy tempo and prominent backing vocals, but it’s an undeniable earworm, and every time I hear it, I like it more. I’m struggling to think of examples, but I feel like it was a UK82 trope to place a band’s catchiest song, typically the mid-paced one, on the a-side of the single… I can picture Thatcher’s Snatch running through their set for a small time indie label exec and when they get to “White Collar Man,” the exec shouts, “that’s the hit!” The flip, though, is reserved for two smashers in the vein of the first EP with shouted choruses a la the Exploited, but the sprightly playing here is a cut above the very young bands who put out records on labels like No Future and Riot City. An engaging and powerful take on the UK82 sound.