Aaah, Italy! Country of Sun, love, excellent food and wine, but also place where one of the most prolific and great punk hardcore music scene thrives with so many great bands, albums, labels coming out every day.

Today we review the new record by LATTE+, diy produced and out with the band´s label Phocomelic Music. We can safely call this band veterans of punkrock scene in Italy, being formed in 1997. and releasing eight full length albums till now.

The new album contains 13 new songs of melodic, no holds barred, no philosophy melodic punkrock in the vein of Ramones, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Lillingtons and similar bands. There are three chords, nice melodic vocal line, anthemic singalong choruses and the lyrics about fun, love, personal stuff and humour. My favorite songs on this album are Cookie, I Miss You and Lost In Berlin, but all of the songs are just great. Seems like nowadays no one plays this style of simple and melodic punkrock anymore, so we must treasure and cherish records like this one.  I am totally fan of Latte+ and hope to see them live one day because I think their shows are total fun and punk enjoyment!

10/10

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https://lattepiu.bandcamp.com/album/next-to-ruin