Trashed Ambulance are coming from Canada, Alberta. “Flashes of Competence” is their sophomore album that came out via Thousand Islands Records and I had privilege to hear it and review it for this zine!

The album contains 12 songs of excellent fast paced melodic skatepunk with a lot of hardcore punk influences. The musicianship on this record is very tight and all the songs sound very uplifting, very energetic and they bring back a smile upon your tired punk face when you listen to the record. If I must draw some comparisons, it all reminds me a lot of early Nofx even in vocal department, which is not a bad thing because Trashed Ambulance doesn´t sound like anyone´s clone, quite the contrary. The other band this music reminds me of is Croatian band One Step Away. For me the hightlights of this album and the best songs are “Relics”, and especially “Swarm” with anthemic singalong which I am sure sounds awesome live. As I understand the lyrics are a fine mix of personal and political issues. The guitar melodies are very catchy in combination with fast paced drumming and the vocal and back vocal harmonies just kick ass! I really love this record, give it a try and get it! Show some love to the guys, it will mean a lot I am sure!
8,5/10
Follow Trashed Ambulance on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trashedambulance/
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Bandcamp: https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/

