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(review) Beyond The Lamplight – ‘Don’t Forget To Leave It All Behind’

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Beyond The Lamplight is a project by lead singers of Larry and His Flask, Ian Cook and Andrew Carew and this album contains eleven songs. I can easily say that this is one of the best feel good records that came out this year, both lyrically and musically, Beyond The Lamplight’s music borders somewhere between melodic punk and folk punk reminding me a lot of Frank Turner, who is a guest performer contributing vocals on ‘ Shelter’. I am usually not so much an avid fan of such punk rock, because I don’t like much folk punk, but this one is a keeper. Perfect combination of guitar, bass, drums and vocals together with banjo, trombone and keys, acoustic guitar and multiple nice melodic vocal harmonies give fast, up tempo and uplifting songs. Lyrics are story for themselves. Smartly written, they give hope, they help you battle your inner and outer shortcomings, imagined and real and make you soar above, if not for the rest of the day, make it just for the duration of this album and it is already much. Songs like ‘Beyond the Lamplight’, above mentioned ‘Shelter’, ‘Leave It To Us’ or the title song are sure to bring smile of joy on your face and remind you why you love punk and hardcore so much and how much it means and has to say with each passing day. Great record!

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(review) Brkovi – Krvava novčanica

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Najpoznatiji folk punk metal bend na ovim prostorima, Brkovi iz Zagreba izdali su svoj osmi dugosvirajući album koji sadrži devet pjesama. Da li su Brkovi izgubili svoj touch i inspiraciju? Inspiraciju teško, jer na ovim prostorima za tematiku tekstova kakve oni furaju inspiracije uvijek ima. Da li se još sprdaju na svoj račun i račun cajkaroša diljem Balkana? I da i ne, pošto žive od benda. Meni su uvijek ležale više one brže, metalsko punkerske stvari od narodnjačkih izleta, pa mi na ovom albumu isto tako leže više one brže i stvari bliže našoj nego folk sceni. Dakle, dobra mi je ‘Govno’ s odličnim tekstom i odličnom muzikom. Shamso69 ne pjeva toliko cajkaroški već malo dublje, ali to je još uvijek njegov prepoznatljiv glas koji je fenomen ovih prostora od 2010.ziher kada su počeli puniti klubove i dvorane bivše Juge, a i vani. Na ovom albumu je i hit single ‘Više ni pankeri ne slušaju punk’, stvar u kojoj ima puno istine vezane uz našu scenu, a na radiju se vrtila mjesecima prije ovog albuma. Stvar koja mi je također pala u uho je ‘Hej konobar’, koja podsjeća malo na stvari s prva dva-tri albuma ovog benda, pogotovo na prvi album, barem mene. Iako je ovaj bend uvijek bio muzički potkovan i snažan, novi gitaristi su donijeli novu snagu i bend zvuči svirački još tehničkije i moćnije nego ranije. Stvar koju još moram spomenuti kao ‘Kada padne noć’ koja mi je jedna od highlighta ovog albuma uz gore spomenute. Ziher nije u top tri Brkovi albuma, ali nije loš nikako. Ne ulazi na prvu, ali uđe kasnije hehe.

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Folk punk troubadour Lenny Lashley unveils new single!

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Folksinger and punk rock stalwart Lenny Lashley has unveiled his new single “Heart of Stone” off of his forthcoming album Five Great Egrets under the moniker Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One. The album is due out later this year both digitally and on vinyl via Omerta MIA. New Noise Magazine revealed the music video earlier today and the single is now available worldwide.

“Thematically, it’s the same as the rest of my solo material,” explains singer-songwriter Lenny Lashley. “All of the stuff that I write is directly related to my personal life in one way or another.”  

From a tense relationship (“Heart of Stone”) to a song of hope and guidance (“It Got So Dark”) to the struggle and realization that you cannot change others (“Not Sorry”) to integrity (“Joe”) to humanity (“Mexico”) – Five Great Egrets sheds light on Lashley’s straightforward and optimistic outlook on life. Also, “Park Your Carcass” was co-written by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Mighty BossToneS. Fortunately, the song didn’t make the cut for their album and was given to Lashley.

Five Great Egrets was engineered and produced by Pete Steinkopf at Little Eden in Asbury Park, NJ during fall 2020. “I’ve been fortunate to have folks that are remarkable musicians contribute because they like me as a person and believe in me,” vows Lashley. His backing band features first-rate musicians as well as fellow Bostonians including Joe Sirios (The Mighty Mighty BossToneS), Tim Brennan (Dropkick Murphys), Johnny Rioux (Street Dogs), C.J. Ramone (Ramones), Pete Steinkopf (The Bouncing Souls), Sam Bey (The Parlor Mob), Jared Hart (Mercy Union), and others.