Ishwara, the boys from Venice, Italy are back. Not long ago we reviewed their first e.p. and you can find it here. Now, they released their new record and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.
The new record contains a kinda instrumental introduction to the record and six songs. The music of Ishwara did not change since the last record, but I can surely say that the guys evolved and now sound even better. The music is technical melodic skatepunk with melodic almost Maiden like riffs in some parts of the songs and by gods, these guys can really handle their instruments well. The title song, with the singing and screamed parts, metalic hardcore moshing and melodic skatepunk parts is one of the unsung anthems of modern contemporary skatepunk scene. When I write of this band I am telling you that these guys are gonna be big in the scene one day. Definitely, they are on the right way, although being now only small diy punk band. Live The Perfect Day, A Song For You and others are the hymns for the new generations of melodic punks. And us? The bros and sisters who were there in the 90-ies, when skatepunk was not so technical and complicated? Well, we love the both sides of the same coin and enjoy every moment.
Scott Sellers, once the guitar/vocalist for Rufio releases his music alone now, for fun, like he says. I listened and reviewed his new album for our zine.
The California based musician made a new album with 11 songs. The music of Scott Sellers is melodic punk, okay you can also call it skatepunk. The songs are varied and the album doesn`t get boring for one second while listening. There is faster material with beautiful melodies and anthemic choruses made for singing along like for example Free which is one of the best songs on this record. Chemistry is also one of the more faster songs with superb melodies, song structure and energy. I must say that when I was a kid one man bands were somehow an abomination for me, I never understood why people do music as a one man band, never playing live, when for example all of my bands main goal was to present our music live for the kids. Now, I look at that picture with different eyes and understand the logic and philosophy behind it, because there are one man bands/projects that are just awesome out there. One of the songs that I must say that stands out is for sure the title song of the record with super combination of guitar and synth melody in part of the song. The music is mostly fast skatepunk, but there is one slower song that touched my heart and that being Hopeless Romantic(no, it is not a cover) which is gentle punkrock song. I love this one.
Coral Springs from Holland are one of those bands that you fall in love with upon first listening, like I did when I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine. Read further on why and how that happened.
The spring is in the air and winter is dying, air is warm for a long afternoon walk and how it could be better then with some great melodic punkrock band. Coral Springs just released their new record with 12 songs of beautiful melodic punk/pop punk. The vocals on this record provided by the singer Jo are like angels choir to me, they take me to the land of fantasizing and make me believe in better tomorrow. The guitar melodies, harmonies, energy, choruses, everything on this record fits just perfectly and makes you smile and spin the record again and again and again. The best songs on this record in my opinion are I Lost Track, One Gesture and Ghost. Awesome!
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