OCTOPUS MONTAGE LAUNCHES BRAND NEW CANDID SINGLE RIGHT HERE WITH ME!

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Following on from the anthemic, angst-driven, previously released single “Grow Up”, dynamic pop-punk quartet Octopus Montage now presents “Right Here With Me” – the latest installment of the group’s creative activity! Embracing a variety of musical influences, this single supplies interesting grooves and developments throughout its entirety, keeping the movement intriguing and enticing by utilizing atmospherically layered guitar work and emotionally charged and staggering vocal lines. “Right Here With Me” clearly brings a certain poignancy establishing the Octopus Montage’s sound by raising, channeling and maintaining an impressive amount of sincerity through a roller coaster of verses and choruses, based on the melancholic instrumentation, which only further outlines the personal and lyrical nature of the song, as does its visual representation as well.

Unfolding the essence and the missive of “Right Here With Me” further, Octopus Montage collectively adds: “If there was ever such a thing as a “pop-punk ballad”, then this is our hat in the ring. The track focuses on a long-distance relationship and the emotional effects that this can have on an individual. It is somewhat fictional, but has elements of past experiences and points out the reality of some relationships. The somber feeling throughout the track suggests that although not angry, the storyteller wishes that the mentioned in the song relationship could have continued however, admits of the difficulty of being with someone when they are not nearby “another city I just don’t vibe with”. Despite not being based fully on a true story, this single continues to prove that we aren’t afraid to speak about our opinions on tough subjects and continues the narrative of our sticking it to the man approach.”

(review) The Whiskey Bats/Die Ghost-Split

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Time to listen to the split release of two bands I never listened prior to this one, namely The Whiskey Bats and Die Ghost.

You guessed it, it is horror punk and both bands are represented by two songs on the record. Die Ghost are from Minneapolis and deliver two songs called Gallows Hill and Lovers Lane . Die Ghost play a beautiful melodic mixture of street punk dirt anthems mixed with horror lyrics and dual vocal attack and I really enjoyed their distorted bass, almost apocalyptic melodies, especially on Gallows Hill, reminded me a lot of never forgotten American Werewolves in some song parts. Lovers Lane is a song for which a lyric video was made, with almost oi punk start, evolving into really beautiful anthem just made for singing along.

As for The Whiskey Bats from Pennsylvania side of the record, Bringing Back The Dead is their version of Stray Cats classic, the song sounding fresh, awesome, like horror punk classic hehe with singalong parts made to feel your night more alive with blood pumping and screams caressing your ears. Attack Of The Bleeding Brain is a great horror punk song, with almost metallic feel and sounding more angry than melodic. In all, both bands are great but Die Ghost are a bit better considering my personal taste. Support this one!

https://dieghost.bandcamp.com/

https://thewhiskeybats.bandcamp.com/