The new RONKER album ‘Fear Is A Funny Thing Now Smile Like A Big Boy’ is not only an ode to celebrating naivety, the album is deliberately kept unpolished and playful. It’s a kind of DUPLO-metal, opting for simplicity and a broad color palette. It’s a tribute to the edge-walkers within society. While RONKER’s anger was initially internal, it is now more extraverted and outspoken. Self-hatred had given way to the fear of growing up. Throughout the album, the band shifts the narrative and mocks the need for rat racing and conformity in beige tones. On this debut album, the band sound hungry, nervous, and indulges in its bipolar nature: the carelessness of post-punk and the concrete character of 90’s alternative metal both contribute equally to their DNA. In their concoction where bits of hardcore blend with noise, indie, prog and punk. No house is sacred anymore.