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(record review)OLDFASHIONED IDEAS-Still Worth Fighting For

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Oldfashioned Ideas from Sweden have been around for ten years now. They recently released their brand new album, so I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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This trio plays OI/Streetpunk in it`s best form, meaning rough and melodic street anthems with a lot of heart, gang vocals singalong hymnic choruses and great lyrics. There are some wicked streetpunk melodic song structures and vocals just enough to be nice and rough, yet singing great.  Some albums just give me goosebumps on my skin and put a wicked smile back on my face and this album is one of such records. I love songs like No Go Down, I Know or This Is My Time, but also the rest of the material on this record reminds me why is punk/hardcore scene so beautiful and why I love this scene so much for more than 25 years now. I recommend you guys, go get this album, if you are a fan of music like this, you just won˙t be sorry.

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/oldfashionedideas/

 

 

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(review)Chiefland-Wildflowers(Uncle M Music)

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It is time for us here to present you the new young and exciting melodic hardcore band from Germany, namely Chiefland. Their debut album is scheduled to come out on Uncle M Music and I listened to the record and reviewed it for our zine.

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The music of Chiefland could be categorized into melodic hardcore with a lot of post hardcore influences thrown in the song structures. The album contains 12 songs of rolling soundscape, coupled with melodic guitar hooks and screamed and shouted vocals that fit in just nicely to the songs. There are some faster parts like in Fragile Feet which is one of my favorite songs on this record with fast drums, breaks and screaming melody. Also, Homestead pt 1 and pt 2 are one of my favorites on this album. The lyrics are personal as I understand them and the overall vibe and feeling that I get while listening to this album is one of aggression caused by sadness and despair with a hint of hope here and there. Nice debut record.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/chiefland.music/

https://www.facebook.com/uncle.m.music/

 

 

 

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(record review)Quitters-Singing Like Nobody´s Listening(Red Toad Music)

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France has a vast and awesome underground punk hardcore scene and I am always glad to know some new bands and people from the scene. We already featured Quitters from Montpellier in our zine, so their music is no stranger to us. I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine. Out now on Red Toad Music.

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The new record contains 5 songs of melodic indie punkrock with pop punk touch. This means beautiful melodies, nice vocal lines, music for your heart and soul that makes you somehow happy while listening and that is what it´s all about isn´t it?

The lyrics of the songs are in English language and personal, smart and you can easily relate as an individual to their lyrics which is another plus for the band. While I am listening to the record again and writing this feature I think, gods how good this song is, then another one starts and then I think, oh my, this one is even better, then the e.p. finishes and I am left hungry, wanting for more. If I should say, the songs that somehow stood out above the five are Better Off Dead and Letter To Forgotten Friends. This is not punk music for the fans of fast and aggressive material, this is for the soul.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/quittersmusic/

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