From the explosion of the lop-sided opener “Barnburner” and the synth-riddled rocking of “Not That Easy”, to the Calypso carnival of “For Your Own Good” and Pavement-esque brain-rockin’ of “Skinny White Ghost”. The songs on Braw Power find Nero lyrically and poetically tackling his own existential ennui, whilst sounding like a man who just found the last Golden Ticket in his Wonka Bar.

There is a world-weary sarcasm in the lyrics, a black humour, and sometimes a barely withheld anger. This creeps into the music as well, and we start to hear dissonance, unusual rhythms and chromatic melody upsetting and mutating the kind of songs that might otherwise have had something of the simplicity of the Ramones.

With grand ambitions tempered by a homely charm, you can be sure that whatever life throws at Yip Man, he’ll bat it straight back with his killer hooks.

Check out the videos to album tracks, “Silver Wings” and “Not That Easy”.

photo credit: Cheryl McCann

Braw Power Tracklisting:
1. Barnburner
2. Not That Easy
3. In The Book
4. Crying Thunderstorms
5. Kings and Queens
6. Stuck on Repeat
7. For Your Own Good
8. Silver Wings
9. Skinny White Ghost
10. This Girl I’m Bound
11. Taxi
12. It’s About Time We Stopped