Cult Californian punk band Tsunami Bomb is back with brand new record with Alternative Tentacles and I listened and reviewed it for our zine. After some line-up changes the strength is renewed and they are back with a blast with 11 new songs delivering in your face their original mixture of melodic punkrock with pop and darkened gothic influences. This is how melodic punk would sound like if Edgar Allan Poe wrote it. The songs are fresh, anthemic sounding powerful with catchy riffs, superb melodic dual lines, harmonic backing vocals and songs like Sinkhole or Dead Men Can`t Catcall are sure to win you over. If you are an old fan, you will love this, if you are new fan, welcome to the fantastic world of Tsunami Bomb, darkened melodic punk powerhouse! 9/10
Time for some melodic pop punk from far East to grace the pages of our zine. Japanese Airflip released their new record. There are 11 songs on this one and I can safely say that overall vibe of the record is for me positive, feelgood music to make my day brighter and happy. Uplifting guitar melodies of midtempo pop punk mixed with some faster more skatepunk even hardcore stuff is sure to win you over. The vocals are sweet but not too cheesy, just the way they should be for this kind of music. The lyrics are personal and deal with love, friendship, relationships, happiness and similar themes. This band is musically very tight and deserves your listening because here in Europe there are not many Asian bands reaching to our ears and this one is definitely worth it.
The long awaited third album by Audio Karate is out now with Wiretap Records. The record contains 8 songs of melodic, emotional punkrock. The music of this band can be put into same drawer like for example The Menzingers, Nothington or Flatliners, but Audio Karate is specific because they somehow managed to keep their own signature brand style like great emotional voice in the vocal lines, some almost spacy melancholic and atmospheric parts like for example in Sin Cuchillo guitar lines. I am glad that they got back after they went to hiatus and did some other music projects because this new album proves that the guys still have dynamite in their bones. If you are into indie influenced and almost sad pop influenced great melodic punk then the songs like Get Mendoza or Room Down The Hallway are sure to become your favorites and I would recommend that you listen to this album couple of times and every time you will discover something new and cherishable for your pleasure.
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