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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(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

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(review) Escalpo – Retrocedendo

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Time for a wicked attack from Brazil, namely Escalpo. These guys are relatively new band being formed recently playing metal punk, with hardcore crust punk influences thrown in the song structures for good measure. This release contains three songs and I think they are in Portuguese or Spanish, I am really sorry if I am mistaken and I offended someone. But, let the music speak for itself. Onda de Estupidez is a crusty hardcore punk anthem with ending belonging more in thrash metal like waters and apocalyptic thundering drums and wicked guitar work, coupled with harsh vocals. My personal favorite of these three songs is Olhando pro Chao being thrash metal d-beat hardcore punk jewel on this record and I would love to hear these guys destroying live because I am sure their music kills while on stage. The title track is starting more Discharge style yet remaining metal with double bass work, wicked vocal work and razors edge guitars. This is a great release, can´t wait for more material.

https://escalpometalpunk.bandcamp.com/releases

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(review) We Too, Will Fade – Everything Falls Apart As It Should

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Now, this is a discovery! Munich based band We Too, Will Fade have a new release out and I am so glad I got this one and discovered another beautiful band to listen day after day.

This release is an e.p. of a sort containing three songs. The music of We Too, Will Fade can be described as melodic hardcore with some noise and post hardcore influences in the song structure. My Dying Friend is a song whose lyrics hit me right in the eye and made it wet with screaming vocals turning into beautiful melodies, rolling drums and atmospheric parts thrown in for good measure. What I love about this record is besides great music, so poetic and nice lyrics such I didn´t find in this kind of hardcore for a long time now. ITried My Best is a song with most heavy and sombre atmosphere for me, being somehow the most dark song on the record music wise and lyric wise, yet retaining a kind of hope in life and beauty. This one even has some really fast parts thrown in the smart written song structure, like it takes you to some other acoustic dimension. The title song is a short but sweet miniature that takes brings you back from journey and makes you want more.

https://wetoowillfade.bandcamp.com/album/everything-falls-apart-as-it-should