Carousel Kings are back with a new record on Victory Records and I listened and reviewed the record for this zine.

Since the start of the band over 10 years ago, these guys have been almost constantly touring and that is audible in their work being more mature, more experienced and more firm than the last full length album. There are 11 songs on this album and although the music of Carousel Kings is in its basics pop punk, there is so much more now in their music than merely that. There is also alternative indie rock, emo punk, even good old pop melodies layered like fine sugar over a nice cake. The melodies are beautiful and I just love how this band combines all the elements into one great end product being an album that makes you happy when listening and I want to believe that the band appreciates that fact. The songs that I would like to recommend from this record as being somehow above the rest of other material, are Lock Meowt and Code Breaker(Smile), also check out the videos made for both songs. Nice one.

8/10

http://www.victoryrecords.com/