Remember Lost Love? We already featured this fine melodic punk/pop punk from Montreal on the pages of this webzine. Now, it is about time that I listen to and review their new record for this webzine.
The record contains 11 songs of emotional melodic pop punk. If you are a fan of the faster skate hardcore punk, this music is not for you. Twenty plus years ago, even ten, I hated bands like Lost Love, I considered them non punk bands who only ruin our scene. I am still sorry and will ever be for being so wrong. The lyrics on this record as I interpret them are a mixture of personal emotions and a lot of humour mixed with autoirony. “Are You Still Alive You Dumb Phoque?” is one of my personal favorites on this record sounding almost indie and proving that these guys are great song writers. The pumping beggining of “Clay Turris” marks the start of the pretty soundscape that takes the listener somewhere daydreaming about the happiest times he or she had in life. “Turisto Cracko” and “Hangover Drive” finish off the quartet of my favorite songs on this record. That doesn`t mean that the others are not good. These guys will be huge in the future!
This record contains three songs of melodic punkrock but what makes it different from the other bands in that genre are the harsh but melodic vocals. Those vocals fit really great in the song structures and additional gang and backing vocals make anthemic choruses just made for singing along with this band. The music of this band somehow reminded me really much of Croatian band Mašinko because they make similar urban melodic and up tempo punkrock and I loved this record very much. The lyrics are personal as far I understand and there is a lot of bitterness and irony and emotion behind the lyrics, at least I think so. All three songs are great, but somehow I love “Love Is a Noose For Two” somehow the most. Great record!
Time for some South American melodic skatepunk here on the pages of this webzine. I love how miles and miles don˙t mean shit and borders mean even less when music is considered. D-Ambulantes is a melodic punk/skatepunk band from Cali, Colombia formed in 2017. and I listened and reviewed their record for this webzine.
The record contains 7 songs of melodic and mostly fast punk with a lot of melody. The lyrics are in Spanish, so I don` t understand what the guys are singing about, but nonetheless this is great record. “Descontrol” starts as your usual melodic skatepunk song but at chorus turns into great song full of energy. By the time “Humanidad” hits me I realize that we are dealing with the band who really can handle their music instruments well. “No Nos Intimidas” is for me the personal favorite on this record, heard before but still there is never enough of such songs! “No Vuelvas” has a great singalong chorus, if only I knew Spanish, so I could sing it hehe. “8am” is an okay song, but somehow did not work for me. “Cada Quien” is a more hardcore song, with somehow shouted vocals turning into beautiful melody when the chorus strikes in. “Deambulantes” is a classic punkrock anthem heard also thousand times before but still works out fine for me. Nice album!
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