For Different Ways are hailing from South Sardinia, Italy. These guys are playing hardcore and this is their brand new e.p. containing four songs. Music of For Different Ways can be described as hardcore but not that death metal that is nowadays considered hardcore, but hardcore with that good old school vibe leaning more on streetcore and street punk than on metal, although there is some metal influences in guitar work on this e.p. I also love that there is a lot of melody besides all of the hardcore harshness and that is what makes this little e.p. so special. There is a lot of melody to sing along to, gang backing vocals and energy that reminds you and makes you happy to belong to hardcore scene. My personal favorites are A True Story That Belongs To Us and Backbone featuring guest performance by Alex Blasi from Strength Approach, another Italian hardcore heroes. This is a great e.p. Cant wait to hear more stuff.
This album sounds like all those final releases of Victory Records prior to the end of that one time legendary label. Stand Atlantic offer 14 songs on this one. The music is pop punk, leaning more on poppy side of things than on hardcore or punk rock side of things. All of the songs are backed with that annoying electronic background like in all those newer pop punk bands coming out nowadays. Vocals are okay, but sometimes a bit too whiney and the backing vocal harmonies are done okay. Concerning the songs, there are couple of decent ones on this one, but there is more bad ones and sounding a bit all alike one another than good ones. This is a boring record in my opinion, rather go listen to something else which is better, don´t waste your time on this one.
Calgary’s Short Straps is the latest Alberta band to hop aboard High End Denim Records. With a self-titled EP release slated for a July 19 release, the band has unveiled their first single. “Tomorrow” is available on HED’s bandcamp and all streaming services and showcases the band’s talent for writing hard-hitting, dead ahead punk rock.
The band had this to say about the song: “Continuously seeing relationships fall apart as you mature and move past problems in your life you realize how difficult some have had hardships within their private lives and turmoil with feeling pressure to maintain compelled us to address the state we all conform to and be held to an unattainable standard for relationships.“
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