Although they broke up, NOFX released a documentary movie about their 40 year old career, which I unfortunately didn’t see yet. But, here is the soundtrack to the movie containing double cd treat. On the first one are 15 songs, containing trusted hits like Drugs Are Good, Separation Of Church And Skate, We Called It America, live rendition of Linoleum, but there are also some rarities like cover of La Bamba, On The Road recorded in Omaha in 1986, demo version of Secret Society, acoustic version of Punk Rock Cliche and in the end real treat, live versions of Nofx and the last new song the guys ever played live We Did It Our Way which always make goosebumps upon my skin while listening. This is what the first cd is. Second cd contains original movie music score written by Fat Mike himself. It is nice to see he tried himself in this one and succeeded proving how diverse and talented musician he is. This is a treat for all NOFX fans, and nice gift to cheer me up until I see the movie which I hope to catch somewhere.
Canadian punkrockers Among Legends released their new album. This is out now for couple of months, but no matter, I love to present new bands to me for the readers of this zine. This album contains 12 songs of melodic punkrock, bordering in some parts with pop punk. What separates it from other bands is that the songs are not cheesy and over the top, but have the right amount of raw punk guitar work, some groove and enough melody not to be too much. Everyone who knows me will tell you how important vocals are for me in such kind of punkrock. Well, the vocals fit perfectly to the music and there are some gang backing vocals to singalong at gigs and also some great backing vocals harmonies. Lyrics are mostly personal but there are also some social themes between the lines. I love the anthemic choruses like in awesome Sound The Alarm, I also love faster songs like great Go On or Open Wide, which reminded me a lot of nineties punkrock on which I grew up. My other personal favorites on this record which I can emphasize are Hollow, Floating Here For Years and The Last Time. Great melodic punkrock if you like this kind of music, I know I do!
It’s been long five years since last full length of Bad Cop/Bad Cop called The Ride. Now, finally, it’s time for the new full length, band’s fourth album. I was looking forward and expecting much from this album, but it left me with somehow mixed feelings. Some of the singles that band released prior to this album were great, the others not so much. Don’t get me wrong this is high quality melodic punk rock with some pop punk influences and even doo wop in awesome ballad See Me Now. The band continues lyrically and thematically with themes such as injustice, dealing with loss, sexism, and current state of the world is ideal for themes these girls deliver. I also love triple vocals that Bad Cop/Bad Cop always deliver, harmonies and main vocals being so sweet yet sharp at the same time. The only flaw of this album apart from previous works is that it doesn’t have any anthems that you remember long time after listening to the album. My personal favorites on this album are All Together Now, Human Is Human and Disbelief. I love this album, but songs could have more anthemic choruses and be more memorable.
