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(record review) BRACKET-Too Old To Die Young(Fat Wreck Chords)

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Bracket are back with a new record out on Fat Wreck Chords. I listened and reviewed the new one for our zine.

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There are 11 songs on the new record and the music of Bracket is good old melodic punkrock, almost pop punk to caress your ears with nice melodies and memorable choruses. Besides Canned From The Food Drive, which we heard prior to the release of this album as a single, which convinced me that the new album is a bit weird because that song has some pleasurable, but weird melody, the other songs are also great. The tempo of the songs is mostly mid tempo with punkrock beat and unusual but awesome singing, cool backing vocals and the songs to keep you smiling on a sunny Saturday afternoon while I listen to this record. My personal favorites are Forget and also Under The Moon, songs that are destined to become part of my eternal playlist.

This album is a great return by the great band and it is a must listen for all the fans of melodic punkrock that love their punkrock melodic and heartwarming.

8,5/10

 

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(record review) THE TAKE-The Take (Demons Run Amok)

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The Take are new band consisting of NYHC legends and we can be safe to call them supergroup. This is their debut album and I listened and reviewed it for our zine. The album comes out with Demons Run Amok.

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Will Shepler used to be drummer for Agnostic Front and Madball. He and Craig Setari (bass played in Sick Of It All, ex AF and others) decided to return streetpunk and oi vibe with old school into music, so Will recruited Scott Roberts(ex Biohazard, Cro-Mags, Bloodclot!…) for the band. Since Craig was busy with Sick Of It All, bass player became Carlos Congote(Royal Hounds, ex Urban Noise, 45 Adapters).

The result is this debut album full of streetpunk/oi hardcore anthems. Vocally, Scott sounds harsh, but also melodic and I love how his voice is sounding and how great it completes the music song structures. At the moments The Take´s music reminds me a bit of legendary Bruisers but with more hardcore attitude and songwriting. There are hymns sure to become streetpunk classics like Elitist, The Skins Are Out Tonight, King Of The World, but also faster more aggressive hardcore stuff like Revolution Now or Dead To Me. This is an awesome album for all of you who love your NYHC done old school style with streetpunk/oi attitude done with brains and balls.

9/10

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(record review) Le Iene-Immaginazione(KobRecords)

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Le Iene are punkrock/ska band from Italy and I listened and reviewed their new record for this zine. The record is out with KobRecords.

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I just love Italian language for melodic punk and ska bands, it is so singing lovable, so melodic, so fluent and so lovely. This band is no exemption, they sing in their native language, they are a bit similar to Talco playing ska/melodic punk, but Le Iene are a bit harder and more punk than mentioned band, with a bit less brass instruments and more guitar oriented songwriting melodies. There are intro plus eleven songs on this record all being true anthems and just making your day better and more lovely while listening. It is so hard to say which are my favorites, but I would go with Un nuovo traguardo, also Una chiamata persa and the title track. I love the music on this record and I can only imagine and hope to see these guys play live one day, because this material is fiesta for sure at the gigs! There are so much sing along parts in the songs, with all the ooos and aaas and I am still a sucker for such things after all these years! This record really made my day better and I am happy that I got to know this band since I had not known they existed prior to this record. Get this one and get it fast!

9/10

https://www.kobrecords.org/