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(review) Screaming at Traffic-I Don´t Like Sports(Little Rocket Records)

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Screaming at Traffic from Canada just released their new record with Little Rocket Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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This band comes from Winnipeg, Canada and they play a bit noisy, yet melodic and heartbreaking and heartwarming punkrock. The record contains 11 beautiful songs similar to the music of Menzingers, Nothington and similar bands. Meaning, melodic vocal lines, excellent personal lyrics, emotional atmosphere and tight musicianship. The songs that somehow stood out to me are Pantomime, Bitter, the title track and Monstrosity. This is not your fast paced skate hardcore punk, this is a different kind of punkrock. It is full of feelings, melodic, poetic and the overall vibe for me while listening to this record is kind of sad. Like it brings out to me all the sadness to the surface of my inner lake and then sending a wave to clear it up and bring me catharsis. That makes it really good and enjoyable record. So, if you are a fan of such music, go listen, write a word or two to the guys and show them you appreciate your work, I know they will appreciate it a lot.

8/10

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https://screamingattrafficmusic.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-like-sports

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(review) Escape Artists-Never Die Again

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Escape Artists are soon releasing their final studio album after 11 years of existence as a band. I listened and reviewed the final record for our zine.

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This Vienna, Austria based melodic skatepunk pop punk influenced band are going down to history with all guns blazing blasting their swansong with 8 melodic punkrock songs Europan style, not unlike Bambix, This Side Up and similar bands. From the faster skatepunk influenced title song, accross serious sounding Addiction Turns Into Fiction four guys and a girl deliver just great music just made to singalong and hum to all day. One of the highlights of the album for me is definitely Even Angels Need To Learn How To Fly, beautiful song indeed. Wake Up is another song with awesome vocal melodies courtesy of singer Pia. I love this girl´s voice, neither too mellow, nor too harsh, ideal for this kind of music backed with wonderful backing vocal harmonies and melodies. One of the songs I must also mention is Goodbye which ends the record and the band in a symbolic way, closing one era and opening another one. Good one.

8,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/escapeartistsvienna/

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(review) Joey Cape-Let Me Know When You Give Up(Fat Wreck Chords)

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Joey Cape known for singing in legends Lagwagon, but also for his solo work just released his new solo album with Fat Wreck Chords and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Joey did fantastic songs solo acoustic and also acoustic renditions of Lagwagon songs and I love every one of his records. When Tony Sly passed away there was a big void in songwriting and creating fantastic punkrock songs. Now, that void is filled. Joey presents eleven new songs with heart, soul, melody, heartache. Fantastic title song is an ode not to give up when everything seems black and hopeless and piano parts besides guitar, drums, melody and Joey˙s voice make a totally full circle. Someone once said that solo Cape stuff are in fact dropouts from Lagwagon albums and this is not true, on the contrary material of this album is something far better written than most of Lagwagon˙s last albums, although not to get me wrong, I love Lagwagon very much. One of the highlights on this album is also I Know How To Run with so beautiful chorus and darkened vibe to the song. Not every song is acoustic, there are also full blooded punkrock songs like great Before My Heart Attack. One that deserves mentioning too is Possession with beautiful interplay between Joey´s and guest girl´s voices. Andalusia is in my opinion the best of the more guitar oriented songs on this album with mighty melody on chorus. Fall Down has that down and hopeless melody with guitar interwined with synth and topped with great vocal melodies. I would love to see Joey perform this stuff live, I am sure it is a unique experience. Superb record.

9/10