Round Eye were formed in 2012 and they are Shanghai, China based band. This is their new record that came out on Vancouver based Sudden Death Records, courtesy of Joey Shithead from DOA. The guys play more of an experimental and weird version of punkrock, kinda reminding me on The Stooges and earlier punk bands from UK, of course with some harder and modern touch in the songs. The album is pretty funny when listening because in between the songs there is some guy doing spoken word imitating radio speaker with a lot of dark humour and irony. The songs are made good so the album is not boring in any way. Round Eye also use saxophone on some songs like “Troma” for example. My  personal favourite songs on this record are “Commie Blues”, “Sifter”, they made a video for this one filmed entirely in North Korea, check it out below. This is not your usual punk hardcore stuff to mosh to, singalong or shout out angry slogans, this is an unusual punk record with songs influences ranging from B 52s  to Black Flag. There is a beauty to this record that can not be denied. I am glad I have listened to it and will keep it doing.

8/10

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