As the years progress and pass us by, we are definitely not getting any younger. The time goes by, and some people that were our inspiration, our role models, the people whose music grabbed us by the balls and put us upon the scene, start to die. Steve Soto of The Adolescents and Agent Orange passed away recently. It is a great and sad loss for the punk hardcore community. But, Steve´s legacy lives on through his music and this is the new The Adolescents record out on Concrete Jungle Records that I listened and reviewed for this webzine.

The new record contains 18 new songs of punkrock hardcore just like we are used to by these legendary band from California. The music of The Adolescents on this record is somehow the mirror image of their feelings towards the American politics and Trump spiced with angry punkrock underlayed with wonderful melodies beneath the punk ferocity. Also, there is a lot of emotional input in this record and it can be felt in the lyrics and music and throughout the vibe on this record that sometimes awakes a kind of punkrock nostalgia in me for example while listening to “Paradigm Bag Junkies” or “Alice on Wonderland”. I also love “Room 223” and the title track. This is an energetic and also emotional record, and for sure one of the best punk hardcore releases this year so far.

10/10

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