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(record review)Get Married-Songs For The Sleepless(Asian Man Records/Wiretap Records)

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Get Married is a six piece band from San Jose, California and they just released their new record via Asian Man Records and Wiretap Records. I listened to the record and reviewed it for our webzine.

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This record contains 12 songs and the music Get Married play can not be qualified into one word. Basically, it is pop punkrock with a lot of melody and emotions in the songs. But, this band is not afraid to throw in their influences and mix them into hit songs that somehow find the way from your ear to your heart. There are doowop 50-ies influences in Cinnamon Sugar for which the guys made a video you can watch below. This song is for me absolutely one of the album highlights. Other song that I love very much is Music Box, a song with such a beautiful melody and vibe. Another great doo wop miniature is Coffee 2 which is short but sweet. Living Room is the song just made for feel good on a sunny morning as I listen to this record and am writing this review. This band is original, fresh, have great songs and are worth your attention, so go get this one and listen and tell me how you liked it.

9/10

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https://www.facebook.com/wiretaprecords/

https://getmarried.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-the-sleepless

 

 

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(record review)REACH/LAID TO REST-Split e.p.

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We already featured Reach from Pomurje, Slovenia on the pages of this zine. Formed in 2016.they play modern hardcore with a lot of groove and lot of harsh and metallic riffs but with a nod to the old school influences too.

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Reach side of this e.p. contains two songs, first No Rest speaks about never stopping and always striving for your goals no matter what. The guys made a diy video for this song and you can watch it below. The second song, Sold Soul is in my opinion better, excellent mixture of faster straight forward hardcore and modern groove parts, a bit Madball styled if I must compare it to some other band. Nice to see that Pomurje hardcore/punk scene is alive and well although small.

As far Laid to Rest side is concerned, I never heard of these guys prior to this record. Laid to Rest is a quintet from Jesenice, Slovenia, and they are playing energetic hardcore punk with some metalic influences and I like their stuff a lot. Sleep Tight is a song about what all of us who are long into hardcore punk face at least once a month. Meaning, questions that are so stupid that I no longer wish to answer them like when will you grow up and when will you quit that music and stuff. All that is packed into apocalyptic hardcore punk sounding dirty and angry. The second song, namely Hellbound has some personal lyrics about fighting your own demons and personal Hell. That is the fast and energetic song laced with some groove. This e.p. is a nice record that documents the colaboration between western and eastern Slovenian hardcore scene.

8,5/10

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https://www.facebook.com/laidtorestcult/

https://laidtorestcult.bandcamp.com/album/split-w-reach

https://reach-hc.bandcamp.com/album/reach-laid-to-rest-split

 

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(record review)HESPERIAN DEATH HORSE-Živ

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Hesperian Death Horse is a Croatian band which has pretty unique sound in our scene and can not be compared to other bands. I listened to and reviewed their new album for our webzine.

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The band was formed in 2012. and this is their second full length record. This is a concept album the title means Alive in Croatian language. The first part of the trilogy, called Mrtav(Dead in Croatian) was released five years ago. As you might have guessed the theme of the albums is the cycle of life, in other words death, life and birth.

The music Hesperian Death Horse is playing borders between sludge swampy riffs, atonal disonant noise and post hardcore giving a very darkened and bleak perspective to their music. I saw those guys play live in my hometown couple of years ago and it was a very different experience compared to the bands I usually go see play live. The first record had very long songs, and this new one is no exception. The record contains four songs divided into four parts, like chapters of the record. This music is really heavy for listening and you must really get into it mentally, this is not the music for casual listenin because it is heavy, atmosperic, with almost spoken and whispered vocals, murky and deep into guitar and noise work. This is a great record and it is testimony to the work of one of the most original and unique sounding bands in the Croatian underground scene.

8/10

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HesperianDeathHorse/

Get the record on Bandcamp: https://hesperiandeathhorse.bandcamp.com/