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SOUTH BERKELEY “Glass N Sparks” French melodic punk new single and video!!! Album later this year on Krod Records.

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The three-piece pop-punk band South Berkeley based in Paris and Nice, France just released this Friday 25th, January another single “Glass N Sparks” after their first single “Tiny Rascals” out in October 2017. Strongly influenced by bands from late 90’s, they’d love to collide old school vibes with more modern and actual influences.

“This is the story of a guy who lost his girlfriend in a car crash and he just can’t get over it,” explains Hubert. “Apart from the descriptive lyrics, we wanted to address the guilt theme and how to cope with this feeling. Everybody has to face the consequences of past choices and accept the fact that we can’t go back in time.”

Hubert also told us about how ‘Glass N Sparks’ came together. “To be honest, I think it’s one of the richest songs of the album. We already had the intro riff and the chorus, which we thought was very cool. After many attempts, we wrote this soft acoustic verse which works well with the rest of the song. The reverse piano adds this dramatic feel, fitting great with lyrics.”

Glass N Sparks’ is the second track from South Berkeley‘s forthcoming debut album – ‘Too Slow’. Although it’s not expected to be released until later this year on Krod Records.

 

 

(record review)Monoxyde/Monsieur SAMOU-Split(PCT musique)

PCT musique is an awesome little underground label with so many great music coming out right now. This time I listened and reviewed Monoxyde/Monsieur SAMOU split record for our zine.

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Both bands gave 4 songs for this record so there are 8 songs in total here. Monsieur SAMOU are punkrock trio from France and they play old school melody punkrock just the way I love it. The vocals are rough, but sung and the guitar riffs are anthemic with awesome chorus like in Genevieve for example. Both bands sing in French, so I really can`t understand what they are singing about, but the music crosses the language borders and speaks for itself. Monsieur SAMOU songs have that streetpunk vibe that can be felt in the songs atmosphere and I just love such bands.

Monoxyde are from Canada and they play similar music to Monsieur SAMOU, only a bit harder and a bit rawer in my opinion on their side of the record. As I said, they also sing in French language so I can` t understand what they are singing about, but I love the music, the hardcore punk faster and more aggressive side of songs, the strong guitar riffs and a bit darkened atmosphere. But, still there is enough melody in the songs like in awesome Sans Sens Sur which is for me the best song on their side of the record. Great release, check it out!

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/MonoxydeBand/

https://www.facebook.com/monsieursamou/

https://www.facebook.com/pctmusique/

https://pctmusique.bandcamp.com/album/monoxyde-monsieur-samou-pct-musique-split-vol-5

 

 

(record review)THE SOBERS-The Sobers IV

I must admit that I have never heard of The Sobers prior to this record, but now I am so happy that I did after I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine.

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The Sobers are punkrock band from Marseille, France and their new record contains 13 songs. I was blown away at the start of the album how greasy and dirty it sounds and how easily it evolves into beautiful melody in the first song D.L.D. So, the music these guys play is dirty, but still melodic punk with mainly personal, but also good and smart lyrics. I would definitely love to hear how this material sounds live. Damn! Vocals are harsher sung, but still enough melodic and appealing, backing and harmony vocals are awesome too, so all of you who read my reviews know how important are the vocals for me in such bands. There are some songs that were more outstanding for me, those being: Shitty Halo, It Could Have Been A Better Day, Blood Feud. This is a great album for the fans of rawer, yet melodic punkrock.

7/10

https://www.facebook.com/TheSobers/

https://thesobers.bandcamp.com/album/the-sobers-iv