As legendary Monty Python would say:And now for something completely different! These punks from Washington DC just released their new album on Sister Polygon Records and it is waay different than the usual hardcore punk and stuff that I review here. Priests play some sort of early punk mixed with alternative indie music, keyboards, I think that I also heard some saxophone thrown in for good measure and it all starts interesting for the first couple of songs. There are 10 songs on this record, so it is not too long but while listening it feels like two hours passed when the record finishes. So, it got me bored. Call me asshole, but I dont like that experimental stuff and I am rather more fond of straight forward hardcore punk music. The lyrics are political and smart but the vocals sound more talking than singing so they also miss the point in my opinion. I am sure that there will be some people who will love this stuff, but this is just not my cup of tea.
This is the first ep made by this four piece band from Los Angeles, California. The ep has four songs, three new ones and one old made by guitarist/vocalists old band named Felix. The opener “Timmy s Doing Drugs” is a fast short hardcore fun song in the vein of 80-ies bands. The second one “Soda Pop and Cigarettes” is a melodic midtempo punkrock song with some catchy melodic hooks and nice singing. “Teenage Altar Boy” is faster, skate song and in my opinion the best song on this ep. “No Clout” that closes the ep is superb hardcore punk fast paced song. This ep is a great piece of hardcore punk done nicely in an old school way.
Ovo je treći i završni dio takozvane Star Wars Dark Lord trilogije koja je počela sa “Labyrinth of Evil”, kao drugi dio bila je svima poznata “Revenge of the Sith” i ovo je treća, koja se događajima nastavlja direktno na “Revenge of the Sith”. Priča počinje u završnim trenucima Clone ratova kada Naredba 66 kosi Jedi vitezove po cijeloj galaksiji. Anakin Skywalker je prestao postojati kao takav, a njegovo mjesto je zauzeo Darth Vader, jako ranjiv, zbunjen, ljut i nesiguran u svojem novom životu kao mješavina kiborga i ostatka čovjeka koji je izgorio u jezeru lave na planeti Mustafar. Ono što mi je jako super leglo u ovoj knjizi je to što prikazuje svu nesigurnost novog života u Vaderovom oklopu, način kako vidi, kako čuje, kako živi u konstantnoj boli i pokušava uroniti dublje u mračnu stranu Sile pošto mu je Darth Sidious obećao svašta prilikom njegovog preobraćenja iz Jedi viteza u Sitha. Glavni likovi priče su preživjeli Jedi Roan Shryne i Padawan Olee Starstone koji sa ranjenom skupinom Jedia pokušavaju preživjeti napade imperijalnih jurišnika i otkriti tko je misteriozan Darth Vader koji ih proganja. Knjigu je napisao iskusan Star Wars veteran James Luceno, jako se pitko čita i ima uz odličnu priču impresivne scene bitke, pogotovo završne na Wookie planeti Kashykk, tako da mi je od cijele trilogije ova najbolja. Mislim da na hrvatskom ili srpskom jeziku knjiga nije izašla nažalost, ja imam na engleskom.
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