Remember Southpaw? A while ago we did a review of their great record called Disconnected and now is the time for us to listen to the new stuff by this great band, out with Jukebox Romeo Records.
I love how this band managed to sound dirty, gritty, yet melodic from their last record to this new one without losing that primal punkrock fast energetic touch. They still sound to me like a cross between Cancerslug and Jughead´s Revenge, the latter especially with the awesome raspy and melodic vocal lines that this band provides. There are four songs on this new record and all of them are just perfect, so it is very hard for me to divide which one is my favorite. If I must, I would go with Do You Remember and Lost somehow being my favorites. The song structures are varied from faster, more straightforward hardcore punk to slower and more emotional song parts making the record one perfect whole to enjoy and listen to over and over again. To sum it all up, another superb record by this great band.
A Part Of Us are melodic hardcore band from Verona, Italy and they just released their new record on This Is Core. I listened and reviewed the record for our zine.
The record contains 8 songs of beautiful fast paced melodic hardcore/skatecore. The music of A Part Of Us is in the vein of more technical bands of the genre like A Wilhelm Scream, Strung Out and even Propagandhi but without metal influences. Yet, the guys retained all the energy of punk, rebellion of original hardcore force and I just love this record. One of the album highlights is for sure the single Fake (Social) Stars being fast melodic anthem just made for singin along at the gigs. The vocals are sung, sometimes screamed yet melodic and I just find them beautiful. The musicianship is very tight bursting with lightning energy. I don´t have a lyric sheet, yet as I understand the lyrics are mainly personal and have some social undertones beneath the layers. Other songs that I must recommend as a highlight to the album are This Time Of and Change but all of the songs are just fantastic. This is a great album, so go get this one and support the scene!
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