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(record review)THE SIKNOTES-“Welcome to the party, pal”(Morning Wood Records/Bad Granola Records)

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The Siknotes are hailing from Grimsby, UK and were active in the early 2000-ies as a part of then very active UK skatepunk scene. In 2014.the band got together again and after an e.p. and whole bunch of drunk and high energetic shows recorded their new full length album to be release via Morning Wood Records and Bad Granola Records. I had a privilege to listen this little masterpiece of melodic punkrock and review it for this zine.

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The album contains 11 songs of non stop partying, energetic, high blasting full on melodic skatepunk. The music of The Siknotes is not unlike mid nineties punkrock bands for example Lagwagon, Nofx, Good Riddance and all the other bands of my youth, so this record really took me on the nostalgic rollercoaster and I am glad that someone still plays this awesome punkrock. I can only imagine how this songs sound live, because I never saw these guys play live yet, but I am going to correct that error. As for the lyrics, they are funny, drunk, party and feelgood punkrock with some serious lyric themes thrown in here and there for good measure. For me the absolute album highlights on this record are “Fade Away”, “Rick Flare” and “Wasted”. Excellent record!

9/10

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

The labels: https://www.facebook.com/MorningWoodRec/

https://www.facebook.com/badgranola/

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(record review)BUSSIERES-“Sunny Side Up e.p.”(Thousand Islands Records)

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Bussieres are coming from Montreal, Canada and this is their second e.p. out via Thousand Islands Records and it is awesome. I had the privilege to listen and review it for this webzine.

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The e.p. contains 6 songs of beautiful melodic skatepunk. The music is very energetic and uplifting with fast paced drumming and technical yet catchy and melodic song structures and I loved every single one of the songs on this record. The lyrics are great, as I love to say, nice mix of personal and political and this guys have their hearts and minds in the right places. I will mention the songs that were somehow highlights of this record in my opinion and for my taste above excellent. Those are “Prestige Worldwide” and “Talladega Knights”. Excellent record, so go and get it and drop a couple of words to the band and to the label I am sure it would mean a great deal to them!

8,5/10

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

Follow the label: https://www.facebook.com/thousandislandsrecords/

 

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(record review)TRASHED AMBULANCE-“Flashes of Competence”(Thousand Islands Records)

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Trashed Ambulance are coming from Canada, Alberta.  “Flashes of Competence” is their sophomore album that came out via Thousand Islands Records and I had privilege to hear it and review it for this zine!

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The album contains 12 songs of excellent fast paced melodic skatepunk with a lot of hardcore punk influences. The musicianship on this record is very tight and all the songs sound very uplifting, very energetic and they bring back a smile upon your tired punk face when you listen to the record. If I must draw some comparisons, it all reminds me a lot of early Nofx even in vocal department, which is not a bad thing because Trashed Ambulance doesn´t sound like anyone´s clone, quite the contrary. The other band this music reminds me of is Croatian band One Step Away. For me the hightlights of this album and the best songs are “Relics”, and especially “Swarm” with anthemic singalong which I am sure sounds awesome live. As I understand the lyrics are a fine mix of personal and political issues. The guitar melodies are very catchy in combination with fast paced drumming and the vocal and back vocal harmonies just kick ass! I really love this record, give it a try and get it! Show some love to the guys, it will mean a lot I am sure!

8,5/10

Follow Trashed Ambulance on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trashedambulance/

Follow Thousand Islands Records on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thousandislandsrecords/

Bandcamp: https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/