Just when I think that WTF Records can t amaze me more with their fantastic releases, I open mail and see this jewel. Okay, I put it on and was immediately blown away by the music of Once I Cry. This record is in fact their re mastered 7 inch, unreleased songs and live tracks. Once I Cry are old school hardcore band from Holland, like the ones I grew up listening to, featuring former members of Crivits, Phlebotomized, Shelter, North and many more. That means full on speed youth crew hardcore, melody, great lyrics and sing along parts and believe it or not, some songs made goosebumps on my skin, like rarely a band manages to do to me today. Songs like Platitude, I won t be there, A fire inside, New Youth Crew and similar bring to the forefront some feelings that I think I almost buried along the way, being hardcore pride, sxe pride and smile upon my tired face hehe. Superb record!
Chicago s favorite sons are back with new record! Naked Raygun are punk rock veterans and I am glad to still see them go and sounding strong after all these years and still causing a whirlwind, real storm of emotions with their melodic old school pop punk rock. This new bunch of songs has something for everyone, from sweet chorus of Treat Me Unkind that I love so much, to almost psyched ending of Soul Hole Baby, across haunting, atmospheric noisy and garage rock Suicide Bomb, pure unaldurated punk fun of Broken Things, this album is very versatile using punk rock as it was meant to be, as a means of creativity in song writing and making a whole new world of sound for us listeners to enjoy. I can almost smell the sweaty, smoke filled garage and club full of punks listening to this band and let Naked Raygun take you to otherworldly experience of rock. Nice album.
Milan-based group The Gluts are today sharing their new single ‘FYBBD’, a rallying anti-fascist punk wig-out lifted from their forthcoming ‘Ungrateful Heart’ LP which is released October 8th on Fuzz Club Records. Whilst their previous albums have traded in an explosive psychedelic noise-rock, ‘FYBBD’ (as well as the preceding singles ‘Mashilla’ and ‘Love Me Do Again’) demonstrates in upalogetic fashion that ‘Ungreatful Heart’ is to be an album rooted primarily in 70s punk and 80s hardcore. Described by the band as “a burst of anger towards any form of alt-right thought and praxis, featuring a concealed quote to a very famous Italian antifa hip hop song”, the new single ‘FYBBD’ (which features Dario Persi of Radio Days on second guitar) is available to stream on all platforms here: thegluts.lnk.to/FYBBD
The Gluts say that ‘Ungrateful Heart’ primarily take cues from the likes of Fugazi, Gang of Four, the PiL-Pistols canon and the Campana brothers’ long adoration of Italian and American hardcore punk. Laid down over a tireless week living side by side and working in the studio around the clock, they recorded the album with Dutch producer and close collaborator Bob de Wit (A Place To Bury Strangers, Gnod, The Sonics). On the sessions, the intensity of which is mirrored in the fierce uncompromising attitude of the music itself, the band said: “Bob’s contribution to this album was essential. He pushed us beyond our limits. It was difficult, we can’t hide it, but it really was worth it.”
In support of ‘Ungrateful Heart’, the band will be touring Europe this October. Having picked up a notorious reputation for their powerful, tinnitus-inducing live shows in the years since their 2013 formation, The Gluts have previously toured around the UK, Europe and South Africa and performed at a number of international festivals, including Eurosonic (NL), Fuzz Club Eindhoven (NL), Label Mates (UK), MiAMI Festival (IT) and Endless Daze (ZA). ‘Ungrateful Heart’ arrives following their 2019 LP ‘Dengue Fever Hypnotic Trip’.
THE GLUTS TOUR-DATES 9/10 – Ghent, BE – Cafe Charlatan* 10/10 – Lille, FR – La Bulle Cafe* 11/10 – Paris, FR – Supersonic* 12/10 – Brussels, BE – Magasin 4* 13/10 – Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn* 14/10 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang* 15/10 – Copenhagen, DK – Rahuset* 16/10 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu* 23/10 – Esslingen, DE – Komma* 24/10 – Prague, CZ – Underdogs* 25/10 – Ostrava, CZ – Gospoda* 26/10 – Vienna, AT – Rhiz* 27/10 – Lyon, FR – Le Farmer* 28/10 – Gap, FR – Bar au Gorille* 30/10 – Milan, IT – Arci Bellezza *with 10 000 Russos
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