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(record review)DOWN BY LAW-“All In”(Kung Fu Records)

Legendary punk band Down By Law just released their brand new album through Cleopatra Records and I listened and reviewed this album for this webzine.

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Led by the punk legend Dave Smalley(All, Dag Nasty), this band released their 11th album first since 2012. The record contains 12 songs of melodic punk. Who listened to their earlier albums will know what to expect. This means, mid tempo punkrock with lots of melody and heart and soul. I never dug this band a lot, this album is not different. I am sorry, but this music is just too similar and too boring for my taste. I love “Boredom”, “Mannequin” and couple of other songs but in the long run it all just doesn`t work for me and this music does not manage to reach my heart. It is a good album, but just did not work out for me.

6/10

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(news)Sunset Radio are back with the new album “All The Colors Behind You”

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Sunset Radio’s second album, “All The Colors Behind You”, will be released on October 15th via This is Core and Far Channel Records, and it’s a very ambicious one. “The whole album is a step forward from our last record ‘Vices’. We were influenced by pop-punk bands like State Champs, Neck Deep, Real Friends, as well as hardcore punk legends like No Use For A Name. Our goal on the new record was to blend this two worlds in one” says guitarist Matteo Rossi. After an year and half spent touring between Italy, Europe, Japan and Russia promoting “Vices”, the band returned home and started writing songs for what would become the framework for “All The Colors Behind You”. During This period the band experienced some line-up changes, introducing new guitarist Riccardo Tasselli and new bassist Alberto Felice along with founding members Matteo Rossi, Davide Pazzaglia e Andrea Neri. A new video taken from the first single “My Everything” will be available on September 26th. Watch the trailer here.

“All The Colors Behind You” was recorded at Studio 73 by Riccardo Pasini, who also recorded the first album “Vices”“During the writing process we collaborated with Fabrizio Pan from Melody Fall, that helped us finding the sound we were looking for. We’ve had around 15 songs in work, from which we selected 11 for the final tracklist. The title ‘All The Colors Behind You’ wants to express the feeling that people wear Masks in their lives, so is not easy to see their true colors and really know them” said the band “The record and the lyrics also have a lot to do with love, and the way It affectes our lives and our Daily routines”.

“All The Colors Behind You” artwork and track listing:

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1. 1957
2. Photographs
3. Stacy’s Bass
4. My Everything
5. Sunrise (Losing My Faith)
6. Firework
7. 9 A.M.
8. Much Deeper
9. Don’t Ask Me What My Songs Talk About
10. A Shipwreck In The Sand
11. Bottles

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(record review)VARIOUS ARTISTS-“Aussie Epitaph Records Tribute”(Dead Memory Records)

Punk hardcore record label from Melbourne, Australia Dead Memory Records released this fine compilation as an Australian tribute to the awesome Epitaph Records. I listened to the record and reviewed it for this webzine.

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I will just name the songs and the bands that I personally liked on this record. I just love Australian punk hardcore scene, I mentioned it before, it is such a rich and great scene with many bands coming to my ears every month and it is just awesome that music binds us together across half of the world distance. The record contains 15 songs varying in covers from metalcore to old school Epitaph classic melodic punk bands. I love Last covering “All I Want” by The Offspring. No Quarter did a fine job with “Greed”(Pennywise). The Phosphorus Bombs medley of Bad Religion songs is cracking with energy and makes you wanna dance all over your room while listening to the music. Dal Failure of NOFX˙s “The Bag” is atmospheric and nice. Incomplete covered Bad Religion “Do What You Want” with acoustic atmospheric start turning into fast punkrock anthem this song really is. The Orphan version of The Offspring˙s “Bad Habit” in metalcore style was just terrible for me. I am not going to reveal more songs and what bands they cover, you just have to find out for yourselves. This is a good compilation with more good than bad songs and a nice tribute to the label whose bands influenced so many of us.

8/10

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