(review) Hangtime/Altitude/The Huile – PCT Musique Split Vol 9

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The good people of PCT Musique label continue to release great stuff. Their splits introduced many awesome band from the scene that I didn´t know before. But this time it is a full punch in the eye with this ninth split release of three bands. Hangtime are my personal favorites and one of the best bands I have ever listened, especially in last ten years or so. I already reviewed their e.p. and interviewed them for this zine. For those that don´t already know, Hangtime play melodic punk rock mixed with pop punk and their sweet melodies, super choruses and harmonies, topped with great lyrics are about to win any punk rock heart. Their four songs are just making me play on repeat over and over again. Altitude are from Belgium and they deliver four songs of epic, melodic punk rock with lots of pop punk influences, more of 2000s melodic punk style and they do it great and I really enjoyed discovering this great band. They are a bit faster in some songs, more skatepunk like in awesome Riley. The Huile are from France and their four songs are a bit shorter and a bit different sounding, like nineties punk rock drawn from noise and alternative and indie influences, sounding definitely interesting and a bit different than previous two bands, sometimes even a little bit weird haha but that diversity is beauty of our scene.

So, go and support PCT Musique and get some really wonderful music!

https://pctmusique.bandcamp.com/album/hangtime-altitude-the-huile-pct-musique-split-vol-9

(review) Resto Basket – Trajectoire

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Resto Basket are punk band from France. This is their brand new release., the band´s second album. There are eight songs on this one, all being sung in French. I don´t mind that I don´t understand a word, but let the music speak for itself.

The music of Resto Basket can be described as energetic punk rock, more of melodic kind that I love so much. The vocals are nice, neither too mellow, nor too harsh, backing vocal harmonies are nicely done. Guitar work and melodies are great, but what makes this band in my opinion a bit different from the others of the genre, are temporary excursions into some weird guitar and bass parts of the songs, like suddenly going mad or bringing a bit of noise influenced music into song structures. At least that is the way I hear it while listening to the record. If I must name some songs as my highlights of this record, that would be Le Stop, Peter Pan, Zero Zero and Piste Noire. Damn, that is already half of the record. Go support and listen if you love your punk rock melodic and energetic.

Resto Basket YouTube channel

(review) Streets To Ourselves – Suspension Of Disbelief

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Streets To Ourselves is a solo project of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Daniel Peachy. This is debut full length record and it offers 10 songs. Well, to get away from all the more noisy and more harsher music that is usually the case in this zine, this record offers more kind and milder, more emotional side of punk rock bordering with pop punk.

I am talking about gentle melodies, topped with Daniel´s beautiful, almost ethereal voice, lyrics and music that pick up your torn darkened soul and take you to some other place and time, where there is no pain, no stress, no rush, only beauty and inner satisfaction. Music is mid tempo pop punk rock but there are also some beautiful atmospheric acoustic parts like in one of my favorites called Black Spring with that piano and sad melancholic guitar melody. Also, Space Coyote and Flair For The Dramatic are my favorites and highlights on this record. If you love melancholy in music, punk rock with heart and soul and intensity, yet soothing and somehow relaxing, check this beautiful record out.

https://streetstoourselves.bandcamp.com/album/suspension-of-disbelief