I can´t help the feeling that Trophy Jump from Zagreb, Croatia are somehow more popular and respected in the punk rock scene abroad that in is the case with our Croatian punk rock scene. Being hatched as part of JeboTon music collective, this band built a respectful fanbase by playing and touring abroad prior to this shit with covid pandemix and everything. Maybe I am wrong, but this band worked their butts off, but I don´t think they got the recognition they deserved at our home scene. Anyway, time for new full length record. This one offers eleven songs of smartly written, smartly played and heartfelt punk rock. The music of Trophy Jump, especially on this record is a combination of pop punk, melodic post punk and I think they went further from their skate punk roots with these new songs, except Beer Pressure which is still a nod to skate punk being also one of my favorites on this record, kinda different than the rest of the songs, faster, almost nineties skate punk. Some of the songs are slower, kinda rolling and grinding their way, but there are also some straightforward punk faster songs like FOMO. If I must compare it to some bands it would be Apologies I Have None and PUP maybe. Vocals are a bit rougher but singing melodies and adding to the somehow beautiful atmosphere that this album creates. Lyrics are in English, often tongue in cheek, but if you listen between the lines of I Don´t Wanna Live In A Fitness Ad or Hugs On Drugs or Sharing Is Scary you will get the whole picture of irony, life, coping with life, everyday situations and all you can relate to. I love the use of samples in Brkn Values, also brass instruments creating kinda sad and melancholic, but as I said, to me beautiful atmosphere. If you listen and like what you hear, go watch the videos Trophy Jump made for their songs, I love them, hope you will too.

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