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(record review)D.O.A.-“Fight Back”(Sudden Death Records)

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D.O.A. are back! The Canadian hardcore punk legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary! 40 years! That is my current age! This is their new album and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

2018 - Fight Back

My friend once wrote that only old people listen to D.O.A. and he was kinda right. I first listened to this band via tape that one of my best friends in life gave me around 1994. or 1995. It was some greatest hits tape and I remember that “Disco sucks” immediately made me love this band. Fast forward to 2018.and the new album. Joey Keithley and his gang deliver the new batch of 13 songs that are both likeable to punkrockers and the hardcore kids. Now, even 40 years later, the problems are the same and there is still no compromise by these Canadian veterans. “You need an ass kickin´ right now” is a kick in the ass, a wake up call same as “Killer cops” and “Time to fight back”, very melodic punk song. “Gonna set you straight” is a very dirty sounding song with anthemic chorus. There is almost country vibe with a punk attitude in “Wanted man”, so the album has a very different sounding vibe in some songs, but all in some hardcore punk area but with maybe a wider scope. Good album.

7/10

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(record review)DEAR YOUTH-“You Could Wish Me The Best”(Anchor Eighty Four)

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Dear Youth are Canadian melodic punk quintet formed in 2015. They are based in Montreal area.  This is their new e.p. out on Anchor Eighty Four and I listened and reviewed it for this webzine.

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I said it before and I will say it again here. I love, no, not love, adore Canadian punk hardcore scene. So many awesome bands, labels, friendly people. Now, this e.p. contains 5 songs. The music Dear Youth play is a fine mixture between melodic punkrock, emo, pop punk and hardcore. The songs vary and are in no way boring and not a second of this record becomes dull while listening. From emotional punkrock mid tempo melodies of “Fair Warning” to faster stuff like “Await the Sobering” the emotions and the melody take over me as a participating listener and transport me to some otherwordly dimension, full of sadness, nostalgia, but also hope and smile. I love this record. It reminds me of the shiny Summer days of my youth and puts a smile on my face. Therefore, awesome record!

8/10

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(record review)SHIFT-D-“This Message Will Self-Destruct(Thousand Islands Records)

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Gotta love Canadian punkrock scene. So many awesome bands, so many awesome labels, and of course awesome people who make the scene possible there! Shift-D from Ontario were formed in the mid nineties but went on hiatus until 2013.when they reformed again. This is their new record out now on Thousand Islands Records and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine!

This Message Will Self-Destruct - Cover

The record contains intro plus seven songs of melodic hardcore punk. This band is very technical and knows how to handle their instruments but still they left that punkrock somehow careless and free vibe in their songs  and I love that vibe on the record. After the intro the opener “Recovery” makes you recover from the bad day and you listen to that fast and melodic punkrock song and forget about all the shitty problems. “Reasons” is a mid tempo melodic punkrock song with a lot of emotion behind it and it is one of my favorites on this record. “Crowns and Anchors” is another heartfelt song with a memorable and catchy main guitar melody  and I don´t know why that melody somehow reminded me of a mixture of country song and Hawaii hehe. The vocals on the record are awesome, neither snotty nor too melodic, just right, and the backing vocal harmonies are killer, too! “Straight to Hell” is a fast, more aggressive and technical punk song with political lyrics told in personal way, as far as I understood it. “Sorry” is a punkrock song that made me somehow sad because of the lyrics and the vibe. “Vicious Memory” is another song that had a strong impact on me, being intense melodic anthem. The closing “One Man Show” surprised me with reggae beat and I loved how the overall vibe of this record is kinda sad and made me somehow nostalgic and sad, but also full of hope. Awesome record!

8/10

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Follow SHIFT-D on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shift.D96/

Follow Thousand Islands Records on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thousandislandsrecords/

Get the album on Bandcamp: https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/this-message-will-self-destruct