Bates Motel were already featured on the pages of the zine with Spaniards making their grand vision of technical skatepunk, fast, emotional and fantastic at the same time. Their two songs on this split release are great, but Distorted Reality is a bit more my favorite than Believe In Something. I must admit that I have never heard of Stone Leek prior to this release and they are coming from Japan. They are not so melancholic like Bates Motel, rather more faster, straightforward old school hardcore melodic skatepunk. The vocals are not cheesy but strong and powerful with nice backing vox harmonies behind. Blast and Who Knew are two songs representing their side, I love both of them with latter being a bit more favorite of mine. Nice release.

8/10