(review) LOST LOVE -Glenn Spaghetti Legs(Uncle M Music)

Lost Love are currently on their way for their European tour. For this tour, this Montreal based band released a new e.p. with Uncle M Music and I listened and reviewed their record for our zine.

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The new e.p. is consisting of two songs which are b-sides from their great ”Good Luck Rassco”, their last album released in May 2018 on Stomp Records and Guerilla Asso. The cover artwork is inspired by that famous video when Danzig gets his ass kicked, in fact punched by that other big dude. The title song is a nice melodic anthem but the other song, called Ontarien Dermande somehow fits better to my ear and I love it. This is a nice little e.p. and I can´t wait for the new full length, also catch these guys live somewhere on their European tour, the dates are below!

8/10

Lost Love will be on tour in Europe this summer from July 19th to August 4th.

July 19 – Nevers, FR @ Bar le Continental *
July 20 – Roppeviller, FR @ Rop’n’Roll Festival *
July 21 – Bole, CH @ S16eXX | ParaBôle Festival 2019 *
July 22 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain w/ Sport
July 23 – Lille, FR @ Bobble Café
July 24 – Leuven, BE @ Rock Café Leuven
July 25 – Rotterdam, NL @ V11
July 26 – Saint-Leger, BE @ Le Caf’ Conc’
July 27 – Munich, DE @ Free&Easy Festival
July 28 – Hamburg, DE @ Frau Hedi
July 29 – Berlin, DE @ Franken
July 30 – Hanover, DE @ Monster Records
July 31 – Nuremberg, DE @ Kantine w/ D.O.A.
August 1 – Namur @ Petit Bitu
August 2 – Angers, FR @ Le Héron Carré – Guinguette angevine *
August 3 – La Rochelle, FR @ Le Bathyscaphe La Rochelle *
August 4 – Albi, FR @ Xtreme FEST *

*w/ Guerilla Poubelle

 

(review) MUCH THE SAME-Everything Is Fine(Thousand Islands Records/Lockjaw Records/Pee Records)

Chicago based melodic punk veterans Much The Same are back with a new record. I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Formed in 1999.these scene veterans are now celebrating their 20th anniversary in the scene. They broke up in 2007., yet retained strong fanbase and returned to the scene in 2015. and this new album contains 9 new songs. The band also won personal victory with their guitarist Dan O´Gorman fighting cancer successfully.

The songs on this new record feature aggressive, yet ultra melodic trademark style of Much The Same with classy riffs, energetic and fast drumming topped with melodic nice vocals and harmonies and awesome back vocals. The songs which we can for sure call album highlights for me are Snake In The Grass, fast punk hardcore song with so cool anthemic melody which you will hum all day long. I love how this band mixes technicality and old school 90-ies melodic skatepunk making it one beautiful music journey. You Used To Have A Garden sound like one of the Tony Sly´s song and I love it so much that I listened to it for couple of times in a row. In fact, the whole album has that melancholic No Use For A Name vibe, that is why I love it even more. The lyrics are personal and I think everyone can relate to them and that is why we love this music so much. Man Of Science Man Of Faith is also one of the best songs on this record for my personal taste, a phenomenal song with so sad, yet so great melody.

This album is a must for all the fans of melodic punkrock with heart and soul!

10/10

https://lockjawrecords.co.uk/https://lockjawrecords.co.uk/

(review) CRO-MAGS-Don´t Give In(Victory Records)

Wow! This is really a surprise! After all the painful years of battling through court and who is real, who is not, Harley Flanagan finally did it! Cro-Mags, one and only real Cro-Mags released the first new music since 2000. and signed deal with Victory Records.

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The line-up is made Flanagan on lead vocals/bass, guitarists Gabby Abularach, Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies, Fishbone), and drummer Garry “G-Man” Sullivan and the musicianship is very tight and the music is aggressive, energetic and memorable.

There are three songs on this record: the title track, Drag You Under and No One´s Victim. Harley sings better than ever and production is a bit gritty, but that sounds darker and more sinister when listening. In my opinion the title track is the best one on this record and kind of reminds me on We Gotta Know with the guitar riffs and drumming at the beginning of the song. Welcome back, Cro-Mags!

8,5/10

http://www.victoryrecords.com/