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(record review)UKRATKO ŠTEF-Album

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Serbia has excellent underground punk hardcore scene and Ukratko Štef(eng.Briefly Steve) is one of the bands that recently released their new studio record. I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

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This band plays an energetic hardcore punk with much streetpunk influences in the song structures and also some ska parts. The songs are mainly fast paced and just made for pogo and slamming at the live gigs. The record contains 14 songs two of them being Bouncing Souls and Specials/Snuff covers. All of the lyrics are in Serbian language and they cover the usual themes that such bands cover being love disappointments, friendship and the loss of friendship, some politics anti imperialist and anti multinationals themes and similar. I love the choruses and the atmosphere this band provides in the songs. The songs are real street hardcore punk anthems and I am just a sucker for such songs and just love the bands that play such music. I would love to see this band play live because I am sure that this material sounds even better and more awesome live. Top songs for me are Moj Grad(eng.My City) and Sećanje(eng.Rememberance).

9/10

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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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(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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