Daily Archives: May 21, 2018

Reviews, Various

(record review)A SECOND PLAN-“Defy Gravity”(Tichiboy Records)

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A Second Plan are hailing from Venice, California and this is their new record out on Tichiboy. I am glad that I had the chance to review this one.

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Many bands are just plain copycats today and they only tried to copy paste their favourite bands and albums. That is not the case with A Second Plan. There are 13 songs on this album and the music this band plays is a mixture of nostalgic ride along the 90-ies skatepunk road. I totally managed to feel the bond to all the bands that I listened when I was a kid in the 90-ies. On the other hand, A Second Plan manages to sound modern with excellent guitar work and melodic hardcore song structures. There are also some almost metal, Propagandhi-esque influences that I could hear while listening to this album. But, it still manages to maintain the melodrama, happiness, energy, warmth, love and everything else that´s reason why skatepunk is besides horrorpunk the best music in the world! Top songs:”Sirens”, “Vultures” and “Heads you win, tails I lose”.

8,5/10

Follow the band on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/asecondplan/

Follow the label on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/tichiboy.records/

Bandcamp: https://asecondplan.bandcamp.com/

 

 

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(new video)OWL COMPANY sign w/ Eclipse Records, reveal new video & single ‘Pieces’

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Eclipse Records is thrilled to announce the signing of OWL COMPANY to an exclusive, worldwide deal. The band are currently wrapping up a full-length album with producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More, Maroon 5, Three Doors Down), which will be released later this Summer. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Owl Company combines hard rock influences from the 70s to the 90s with modern rage and brutality to create a sound that is fresh, aggressive, and engaging.

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“It’s an amazing accomplishment for us to be a part of Eclipse Records” states lead vocalist Enrico Minelli. “We’re all super excited!” Guitarist Bruno Solera continues, “We’re so proud of what we have accomplished so far, and now that we are working with Eclipse Records, we can keep doing what we love!”

The band have revealed a new music video for their new standalone single entitled Pieces (also produced by Matt Wallace). The video was directed by Andre Uba of Torradeira Filmes at Livewired Studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Owl Company is currently wrapping up production on their second full-length album with producer Matt Wallace. The album is currently in the mixing stages, and it is slated for release in late Summer of this year.

Buy the single on iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play, and stream it via Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, and more at this location.

For more information on Owl Company, please visit them on Facebook, Twitter, or Eclipse Records, and follow them on Spotify.

OWL COMPANY Discography
Iris (LP) – 2018
Horizon (LP) – 2017

OWL COMPANY Lineup
Enrico Minelli (vocals), Felipe Ruiz (guitars), Bruno Solera (guitars), Fabio Yamamoto (bass), Thiago Biasoli (drums)

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(record review)Frayle-“The White Witch e.p.”(Seeing Red Records/Lay Bare Recordings)

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I must admit that I have never heard of Frayle prior to listening to this record. They recently released their new e.p.via Seeing Red Records and  Lay Bare Recordings and I listened to the record and reviewed it for this webzine.

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Frayle are hailing from Cleveland, USA area and are playing doom metal with dreamy and sometimes nightmarish soundscapes that repeat in your ear while listening almost ritualistic and rolling over you and afterwards you feel exhausted but somehow sad and also happy in a depressive sort of way. The record contains four songs with the title track being more sludgy excursion into more greasy and dirtier riffing and for me the best song of the record is for sure “Wandering Star” which left me dreamy and hazy after listening and I don´t use any of the spiritual pipe dream shit to enhance my feelings while listening to the music that I like. The vocals add to the atmosphere and it is not dark it is rather like when you dream something and you know that something horrible is about to happen and you can´t do shit about it. Good record even for me, who don˙t like doom so much.

7/10

Follow: https://www.facebook.com/frayleband/

The labels: https://www.facebook.com/seeingredrecords/

https://www.facebook.com/laybarerecordings/