Warsaw s Lazy Class are back with their new full length record. These guys are in no way strangers to the pages of this zine, because I already reviewed their last record two years ago. I just recently read an argument on social media whether new oi and street punk records are too melodic and old purists are angry about that, but I think that is just the way I like it. Lazy Class have been around in the scene since 2013 and they play melodic street punk with oi and hardcore influences thrown in for good measure in the song structures. What I must say here that I absolutely love lyrics and much respect to whom wrote the lyrics to the songs because they re great, clever and I just enjoyed reading them apart listening to the music and then finding out if the songs sound as I imagined them while reading the lyrics. Couple of them are more typical oi anthems, but some of them are really personal and political like Dreams and Hopes, 1905, The Boats Are Coming, World of Your Own…
This is fantastic record. Even better than the last one.
I watched Teenage Bottlerocket twice during last four years play live and they destroyed it both times, being one of the best live bands I have ever witnessed. I met Ray and Kody and they are both down to Earth nice guys and I was very happy when I heard their new full length album is out with Fat. This time they offer twelve songs of their recognizable melodic punk rock, Ramonescore the subgenre of punk they helped give birth to and quite a number of bands play it now. That means, beautiful dual vocals of guitarists Ray and Kody, superb melodies and fantastic catchy up tempo punk songs like Ramones delivered decades ago. It is hard to say which songs I prefer because all of them are so great, but if I must, I would say that would be Youre Never Going Out Of Style, Hello Dana and Moving On. This band is so close to my heart that it is really hard to write objective review, but damn it, this is my zine, so I can write about what I like and dont give a flying f..k about it. This is for sure one of the best punk rock releases this year.
ILEAN Is a heavy metal band from Mexico, formed in February 2019. The band was signed by Curtain Call Records in 2020. Their first album “RUNAS” was released in June 2021 ! ILEAN has it’s sights set on touring in 2021 and hitting the US in 2022. The main influences of the band are: Slipknot, Pantera, Here Comes The Kraken, Arcadia Libre, Thell Barrio, Nimfalic, to name a few. The Sub-Genre is uncertain, some will say Metalcore, Black metal , others would say “Nu metal” or “Deathcore” however we just simply call it METAL, Why we should follow a line of selection, and pigeonholing – Let’s just make music!
The band has an EP entitled RUNAS which was released Jun 18th 2021 with 6 songs that can be listened to on all digital platforms.
ILEAN is Erick Castillo (Vocals) Emmanuel Gutiérrez (Guitar) José Luis Castillo (Drums) Tona Beltrán (Bass)
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