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(review) Teresa Banks – Nobody ´s Coming To The Rescue

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Long time awaited debut full length album by Teresa Banks is out now. This Helsinki based band plays fast and very sweet melodic hardcore punk with energy, ferociousness, anthemic singalong parts of the songs and nice a bit angry vocals and if I must compare their music to some band from our scene in Croatia, it would be Fast Response. These 11 songs are just a blitz ball of energy ready to strike you down and prepare you for an all out assault of hardcore punk goodness.

I love how this band meshes personal and political lyrics in their songs and my personal favorites on this record are The Stamd, Punk Rock Today and Crossfire. Teresa Banks equally derive their music from all these nineties old school Fat and Epitaph melodic punk legendary goodies, but also are firmly turned to the next generation, so this band is ideal for fans of melodic skatepunk, but also hardcore kids will love this one. I know I do. I missed this band live, so when this shit clears, I would love to hear how this songs sound live, I am sure they are fantastic.

12″ VINYLFast Decade Records (Finland)Horn & Hoof Records – Manchester (UK)La Agonía de Vivir (Spain)Lonesome Surfers Records (Poland)Sonicslap Records (Serbia)

CD (PLASTIC FREE ECOPACK)Fast Decade Records (Finland)Lonesome Surfers Records (Poland)Punk & Disorderly Records (Canada)Milestone Sounds (Japan)C-CASSETTE (Europe excl.)Intersphere Records (Germany)C-CASSETTE (North America excl.)Tent city records (USA)

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(review) Draven Valentine – The Craft the Curse and the Coffin

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Draven Valentine has a new release out there with four songs ready to melt your face off. These four songs on the e.p. are all different and I love the way how they are done. Intro sounds like a fifties doo wop influenced ballad, the sound I grew to love so much. Eternal Night is a classic horrorpunk song with all the moments and singalong parts, melodies and vocals we love this genre for.

Atom Age Vampire is more of a deathrock even gothic influenced song, especially in vocal lines, with pumping bass, darkened atmosphere of almost touchable sorrow and sombre heart.

She Dines With Wolves has many metallic parts and is again much more different than the rest of the material. Slower parts, eerie keyboard melodies and great vocal melodies give this song something special and this is a great release indeed.

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(review) Thousand Oaks – Hell Is Empty (Mud Cake Records)

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The good people at Mud Cake Records released this fine latest e.p. by Italian melodic punks Thousand Oaks.

I learned to love this band through my Southamerican brother from another mother Dalin from 69Enfermos who told me they are brilliant. And they certainly are. This six songs offer sheer vicious speed, ferocity and melody of skatepunk/hardcore. What I love is that they are enough technical and have some metallic parts to be rough and enough melody to be emotional and I love it. I love even blast beat drumming on The Bottom of Bottomless Pit being one of my personal favorites on this record along with the title song and Hunt the Haze. As for goes for vocals, they are so sweet, backing vox harmonies are done superbly and musicianship is at fantastic level with all complex songwriting, tempo changes, pumping rich bass lines, impeccable inhuman drumming and superb guitar work. Unfortunately I still haven´t checked these guys live, but will certainly do once this long winter ends and light is back upon the world. Until then have a listen to this great record!

https://mudcakerecords.bandcamp.com/album/hell-is-empty