(music news) Frank Turner and Beyond The Lamplight released song ‘Shelter’!

Lead singers of Larry and his Flask, Ian Cook and Andrew Carew, continue the fun and songwriting alliance together in their new project Beyond The Lamplight. A new iteration of the time-tested sound that fans have grown to love. Soaring harmonies meld with deft lyricism and lightning-fast banjo-picking all against a double-time backbeat to form a quintessential electric barn burner.

‘Shelter’ is a song about loving another who has created a guarded existence from the outside world. A story about coaxing someone out of their shell that they hide inside of. Sharing your own strength with that person in hopes to bring them out of their shelter; their shield against the anxieties and stresses of life. Trying to show them the beauty of not only the world but also the beauty in themselves. British punk singer/songwriter Frank Turner was happy to sing guests parts in both the hook and the bridge of the first single of the new album:

‘Frank’s a longtime friend. We got really close with him and the Sleeping Souls over the course of several tours throughout the years with Larry and his Flask. When I sat down and wrote Shelter it just kind of all came flowing out in one big stream. When I finished and listened back to it, I could just hear him singing it so clearly in my head. The melody just lent itself to his voice and style. So I got a hold of him and asked if he’d be into being a part of it and he was super stoked to lend his voice to the song. He banged it out in a day or so at his studio and that’s what’s on the record.   It really elevated the song from a listener perspective. Having the back and forth from me to him. Playing off of each other. Total magic.”‘- Ian Cook, Lead Singer of Beyond the Lamplight

(review) ZombiesNO – The Big Reset

ZombiesNO are punk rock band based in Paris, France and this is their new, fifth release. This one offers twelve songs of fast and modern technical skate melodic hardcore punk, yet still standing with one foot firmly in nineties old school melodic punk rock waters. In some moments the songs remind me of Strung Out and Propagandhi, but at some times of let us say Lagwagon in more metallic songs and also a bit of No Use For A Name, especially in lyrics department which are great and I enjoyed reading them while listening to the album. Lyrics are personal, a kind of introspective, yet give hope and light in these troubled and darkened times, so that is another plus. Songs are mainly fast with some blistering guitar work and short solos, change of tempo and vocals that are deeper but singing great, backing vocal harmonies are fantastic. One of my personal favorites is Monster/Enemy In Common being darkened personal yet political anthem with awesome thrash metal solo and superb melody and lyrics. I am very impressed with musicianship of these guys and the energy they create. Just great record if you love your melodic hardcore punk done with skill and smart.

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