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(news)Manchester’s melodic hardcore masters, Fair Do’s, are primed to unleash their highly-anticipated debut album upon the world on Lockjaw Records

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Manchester’s melodic hardcore masters, Fair Do’s , are primed to unleash their highly anticipated debut album upon the world.‘Leopards’ is due for release on Lockjaw Records on 27 July 2018, promising 10 tracks of fast, politically-charged, metal-infused melodic hardcore, for fans of Strung Out, Propagandhi and Death by Stereo.
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 ‘Leopards’ is available for pre-order on Digipack CD and 12’’ vinyl on the ​
Lockjaw Records Webstore. ​The band’s first single off of the album, ‘Closing In’, shall be available for streaming and download from the 13th July.
Formed in 2008, Fair Do’s have established a following of dedicated fans around Europe,
playing with legends like After The Fall, A Wilhelm Scream, Frenzal Rhomb and H20. Driven by a strong DIY ethos and riding on the success of their shred-heavy EP ‘Trying Times’, the band journeyed around Europe and its accompanying festival circuits; however their sights are now set on conquering the rest of the world with the release of their first full-length: ‘Leopards’.
The album is an adrenaline-loaded collision of hardcore punk and metal, rooted in tight,
technical talent. It’s clear that Fair Do’s have spent their formative years hammering their distinctive fast-punk style home, however they have also invested considerable time honing their metal chops, evident in their heavier rhythms, riffs and plentiful beat-downs. There aren’t many bands around who relish mixing punk and metal styles as much as Fair Do’s!
Tour Dates
July 14th – Cromstock – Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
July 15th – Jeugdhuis Dido – Erpe-Mere, BE
July 16th – TBC – Munster, DE
July 17th – Autonomes Zentrum – Aachen, AZ w/- Ducking Punches
July 18th – Ballonfabrik – Augsburg, DE
July 19th – Kellerperle – Wurzburg, DE
July 20th – KNRD – Nuremberg, DE
July 21st – KNRD Festival – Nuremberg, DE
July 22nd – TBC
July 23rd – TBC
July 30th – Gullivers – Manchester, UK w/- MUTE
August 17th – Vegan Camp Out – Newark, UK
August 18th – Vegan Camp Out – Newark, UK
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(record review)NERDLINGER-“Happy Place”(Pee Records)

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I mentioned several times how Australia has one of the best punkrock and hardcore scene out there and the bands and releases from there just keep proving it all the time. Nerdlinger are punkrock band from Sydney and this is their debut full length album out on Pee Records and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

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Since their beginning in 2012.these boys played over 350 shows and you can hear the tight musicianship in their songs. This album contains 14 excellent melodic punk hardcore songs. Nerdlinger plays melodic skatepunk hardcore in the vein of the 90-ies bands like Lagwagon, No Use For A Name and all the other Cali bands from that period that I love and listen to still today. The album varies from the faster ones like excellent “The Ballad of Rod Ligtning” or awesome “Sails” to more slower punkrock anthems like “Underrated” .The lyrics are personal and as I understood they have a great deal of humour and self irony, but the music kept it˙s dramatic melody like only melodic punk can have. I would really love to see and hear these guys play live because I have the feeling this sounds thunder like live. I can already hear the crowd sing along with the band on “Sunny Days”.

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The vocals are very important for me in such bands and Scotty and Timothy deliver a fine job with strong main vocal lines and nice done anthemic backing vocals that are also important for me because with the lousy main and backing vocals you could ruin the whole record in my opinion, no matter how great the melodies are written. There are couple of surprises on the album that make the album special like great guest vocals on “Sails”, some trumpets or similar instrument on “Fat Gav”. Nerdlinger will soon embark on their tour in support of the album launch through Australia and their first USA tour, so if you are from that area, be sure to check them out as a must hear!

8,5/10

Links:

Nerdlinger on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdlinger.punkrock/

Pee Records on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PEERECORDS

Pee Records Bandcamp: https://peerecords.bandcamp.com/

Pee Records Web: https://www.peerecords.com/

 

 

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(record review)A SECOND PLAN-“Defy Gravity”(Tichiboy Records)

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A Second Plan are hailing from Venice, California and this is their new record out on Tichiboy. I am glad that I had the chance to review this one.

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Many bands are just plain copycats today and they only tried to copy paste their favourite bands and albums. That is not the case with A Second Plan. There are 13 songs on this album and the music this band plays is a mixture of nostalgic ride along the 90-ies skatepunk road. I totally managed to feel the bond to all the bands that I listened when I was a kid in the 90-ies. On the other hand, A Second Plan manages to sound modern with excellent guitar work and melodic hardcore song structures. There are also some almost metal, Propagandhi-esque influences that I could hear while listening to this album. But, it still manages to maintain the melodrama, happiness, energy, warmth, love and everything else that´s reason why skatepunk is besides horrorpunk the best music in the world! Top songs:”Sirens”, “Vultures” and “Heads you win, tails I lose”.

8,5/10

Follow the band on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/asecondplan/

Follow the label on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/tichiboy.records/

Bandcamp: https://asecondplan.bandcamp.com/