Italian scene always has awesome bands that create vast and strong network of bands, friends, promoters, zines…One of such bands is Slenders. I listened and reviewed for our zine the new record out on This Is Core.

The new album contains 10 songs of awesome melodic punk with a lot of hardcore influences. I read somewhere that they categorize this band under pop punk, but believe me, this is pure melodic punkrock with a lot of hardcore, played from the heart with heart. The lyrics are in English langauge and they are fine mix of anger, politics and personal stuff like love, loss and inner darkness. Being a sucker for faster, more aggressive side of songs, I somehow like most the fastest songs on the album like ZAH or Young Blood being my favorites. The vocals are very important in bands such as these, I love the vocals which are being sung, but sometimes screamed at the top of lungs and the vocalist of this band somehow reminds me of one of my favorite singers that is Koca from Croatian band Fat Prezident. The guys covered The Cure´s Boys Don`t Cry and they did it perfectly. Love this album.

8/10

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