Oddball Creatures are coming from Lyon, France. They were formed in 2017 but had lots of line-up changes until mid 2019 when this line-up stabilized. This is their new release containing seven songs. With music of Oddball Creatures we can only say, humor, fun and more fun. With songs like ‘Like A Fart In My Mouth’, ‘We Want Beer’ or ‘I Just Need Your Ass’, you know what the lyrical themes are about, or you can just look at t title of the record or the cover picture. Music is melodic punk, leaning more and being more influenced by Ramones three chord attack, playing so called Ramonescore, reminding me a bit of Teenage Bottlerocket and similar bands who play that style of punk rock. Vocals are also a bit over the top, but that is a must when playing music like this one, this is in fact energetic punk rock with three chords and not much philosophy or wisdom. Just plain punk! My personal favorite on this record is ‘We Want Beer’ which has a bit more street punk influenced guitar work and a bit rougher edged vocals. Go have a listen!
Konačno je izašao dugoočekivani solo album gitariste/vokala legendarnih srpskih punk rock bendova Six Pack i Čovek bez sluha. Što reči o ovom albumu? Deset pjesama pomalo sličnih matičnim bendovima, no u isto vrijeme drugačijih potpomognutih Mikijevom odličnom poezijom od tekstova i tom melankolijom zbog koje sam se i zaljubio u Six Pack prije nekoliko desetljeća. Melodije su odlične, catchy, a pop punk pršti od energije i istovremeno odličnih terca, harmonija i brzih riffova. Da, na albumu ima i brzih pjesama kao što je odlična ‘Humoreska’ sa tako prelijepim refrenom i backing vokal harmonijama koje prožimaju glavnu melodiju. Klavijature na početku ‘Počeo je kraj’ odaju emocionalnu pjesmu prepunu balade i odličnog teksta, ali bez patetike. Album je priča o skitanju Mikija kroz muzičke krajolike, no on ne skiće, tu je negdje u toj prelijepoj punk rock priči sva ova desetljeća i hvala mu na tome. Ima ovdje i angažiranih pjesama kao u odličnoj ‘Bot’, lukavo odabranoj kao single koja progovara o nasilju i bullyingu među djecom i mislim da je reakcija na nedavne tragične događaje u Srbiji. Na albumu se nalazi i već objavljena ‘Tony’, fantastična, brza i dirljiva posveta prerano preminulom pjevaču/gitaristu No Use For A Name i muzičaru/tekstopicu par excellence. Singlovi ‘Vratiće se vrapci’ i grandiozna posveta palom punk suborcu i bratu naslovna pjesma albuma su na repeat i iako ima izleta u pop vode kao što je ‘Pamti se samo fail’ album je fantastičan!
Millington are coming from Albany, New York and this is their brand new release containing six songs. The music of this band can be categorized as a mixture of melodic punk and ska with some hardcore influences that can especially be heard in the title song. Combination of strong punk rock guitar melodies and brass instruments give a refreshing formula that is similar to, if I must describe it, to Less Than Jake, Mad Caddies and such bands. Vocal lines are bordering on pop punk and backing vocals give much space to singing along, shouting gang back up vocals, relating to the lyrics being sung and bands like these bring smile on my face because they make me believe life is worth living still. Besides the title song, my other personal favorites on this little record are ‘Push Your Luck’ and ‘Hollywood’. Great band and great record!
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