DYING SCENE RECORDS and EFFERVESCENCE RECORDS have just announced that on July 20th they will be co-releasing “Sound The Sirens”, the 4th full-length album from Southern California skate-punk act Chaser.
Sitting firmly between ‘94 NOFX and ‘95 No Use For A Name, this is all-that-is-holy by way of all-that-is-Epifat. Double-time drums, anthemic choruses, and big, sunny SoCal whoa-ohs – on “Sound the Sirens” the band doesn’t just have the sound, they’ve got the songs. Through eleven tracks, you’ll see a band at the top of their songwriting game and you can get yourself a taste by streaming the album‘s first single, “Bonfire,” on bandcamp.
While Dying Scene Records is handling digital distribution, the folks at Effervescence Records are handling vinyl. They are in the process of pressing an LP limited to a run of 150 Snow White Opaque and 150 Clockwork Orange Transparent.
Pre-orders are up and running for this album. Snag a digital copy here and vinyl/CD/bundles here.
Fallen Monuments from San Diego, CA released their debut studio album and I had the privilege and I am happy that I listened it and reviewed it for this webzine.
This band was formed on the ashes of some older Californian bands like Decenter or Castoff among others the latter I saw live at Punk Rock Holiday in Slovenia in 2016.and they were awesome. You probably guessed it, the guys play melodic punkrock in the vein of many Californian bands but doing it with heart, soul and balls. The album contains 9 songs. What I love in punkrock is, when band has emotions behind their art, behind their music, and this band does. I really love “Old Friend” having a beautiful chorus just made for singing all day long. The songs are not fast, so expect no hardcore punk here, rather mid tempo punkrock with enjoyable melodies, anthemic choruses and great backing vocal harmonies. Some songs that were somehow best for me are: “Conflicted” and “Distance and Time”. This is a great debut album, so check it out and go get it!
Epitaph Records is back with mighty punk records. Last year´s Propagandhi record still resonates in my ears and now the long wait is over, here is the new Pennywise album! I loved every second of this album and now read in this zine the review and find out why!
This record contains 14 new songs, some of which we already heard as singles before the record hit this world with a bang. The title track is by far one of the best Penny songs that I have heard since “Full Circle” which was for me the best Pennywise record ever! The energy of the title track combined with fast pace and Jim´s singing topped with great melody just rules. “Keep moving on” is an anthem about having strength and survive the odds and I just wanted to scream with energy while listening to this little fucker. “Live while you can” most of us know and have already heard as a lyric video single prior to the release of the record. This is by far also one of the best Pennywise songs ever and the absolute highlight of this record. One of those songs you just wished you wrote. “We set fire” is the song with fast pace ready to set the fires of the rebellion in us the listeners. I love the production of the record and the energy I feel while listening and it always makes my day as I listened it already dozen times. “She said” is also one of the singles from the record and this song is very special to me because of the lyrics about passing away of someone you care about which happened to me too many times. Another highlight of the record for me is definitely “Can´t be ignored”, the song I have on repeat almost twenty times in a row! “All the ways u can die” is “Date with destiny” for the 21st century. You will notice that I didn´t mention all of the songs and that I did intentionally because you MUST get this album and listen everything and I just don´t want to spoil some gems. Lyrically strong, musically superb, this record is one of the strongest, if not THE strongest record of the year!
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