Perkele are back with a new album out with Spirit of the Streets and I listened and reviewed the new record for our zine.
The Swedes surprised not only me, but many old fans with the single and the video they released prior to the record called One Day. The chorus of the song is good, but I had to re-check the line-up to see if it is the same guys playing. It is not generally bad when band changes style and evolves in its existence, but some bands just don`t fit into that category and Perkele are definitely one of them. They gained a lot of fans during the years with their melodic, but streetsmart version of punk. This new album contains 10 songs, but the sound of the band is now just to metalic. Yes, the early recordings where also metalized, but this new sound just doesn`t suits me as a listener. The guitar solos are too often and too many, the galloping metal riffs are also too often and I wondered if it is Iron Maiden or Perkele apart from the trademark vocals. Not all is black, there are some awesome songs on the record like Miss U or Stand By You, but the other bad songs like the cheesy ballad Mistakes and others are just too many to make this album a keeper. Listen to yourself and decide I gave it a spin for many times and still it`s bad.
01.07.2019.is the date you set for Flogging Molly gig in Croatia! The gig will take place in Tvornica Kulture and all of the Early Bird tickets are gone in just ten days!
You can get your ticket for 180 kuna in Dirty Old Shop(Tratinska 18 in Zagreb) or online via web so be fast. At the entrance the tickets will be sold for 200 kuna if any are left until then. The ticket you buy gives you 20% discount for the band´s t-shirts and flags or 10% discount for the band´s records.
This year really started big for Serbian melodic punk legends Čovek Bez Sluha, led by their charismatic singer Miki, known also as frontman of another legendary punk band Six Pack, the guys released their awesome new album earlier this year and following the series of great gigs, they are just announced in the line-up of this year´s Ferragosto Jam Festival.
Also, the cheerful collective JeboTon Ansambl will grace the stage of this year´s festival with their happy and melodic street music. They will be joining the mighty line-up made of Edo Maajka, Partibrejkers, Vojko V, Brkovi, Ogenj and many others in this years 12th edition of this festival set in beautiful surroundings and bringing smile to the faces of many old and new fans. Stay tuned for more announcements and go get your ticket.
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