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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/

 

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(record review)OH SEE DEMONS-“Personal Issues”

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Norway is maybe best known for their black metal scene, but there are other bands there, believe it or not. Oh See Demons are one of them and this is their new album.

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The album contains 11 tracks of beautiful melodic punk, skatepunk with hardcore influences. I loved the energetic opener “Don´t forget me” and the follow up “I think you left your shoes” with fast paced drumming, energetic and melodic hooks with excellent vocals and backing vocal harmonies. Lyrics deal, as the title says with personal issues and they are emotional but also leave you think about what you have listened to long after the album finishes playing. One of the highlights of the album is also “Mouth Breather” the single from the album, it hits you in the head with emotions, melody and you know that these guys play their stuff with their hearts and minds in the right places. This is an excellent album, a must listen!

9/10

Follow on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/OhSeeDemons

Bandcamp: https://ohseedemons.bandcamp.com/album/personal-issues

 

 

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(gig report)BITPART(France)+BETTER OFF DEAD(France)-03.05.2018.-Klub Prostor, Čakovec

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Četvrtak navečer je dan za gig, a ovaj četvrtak naš grad su posjetila dva francuska benda koja muzikom koju sviraju nekako odgovaraju mom ukusu, pa sam posjetio Prostor da poslušam i pogledam te bendove.

Kada sam došao u dvorište Prostora najavljeni početak je malo kasnio, a malobrojna ekipa je kratila vrijeme do giga družeći se i baveći se tekućim pitanjima. Oba benda čine petero ljudi koji dijele jednog člana.

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Oko 21:30 na binu prvi stupaju BITPART iz Pariza, tročlani bend kojeg je gitarist/vokal onako nekako stidljivo na engleskom najavio pozdravljajući nas simpatično sa bok! Ovaj bend svira kontrljajući, uglavnom spori emo punk sa dualnim vokalima gitarista i basistice koji se super nadopunjavaju na refrenima lijepim melodijama i refrenima. Meni su taman nekako okej legli, ali u nekim pjesmama su mi bili malo previše noizični i previše grungy i indie, a ja sam ipak seljak koji više voli in your face melodičnu pankčinu.

Oni su otprašili svoj set, a već se dalje spremao drugi bend, a riječ je o BETTER OFF DEAD iz Angersa. Bubnjar prijašnjeg benda je prešao na bas, jedan dečko je sjeo za bubnjeve, a djevojka na gitaru i vokal. Kada su počeli prašiti, nisam mogao vjerovati o kakvom se odličnom bendu radi.

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Pružili su nam cirka pola sata odličnog, brzog i energičnog melodičnog punka, na članovima benda se vidjelo koliko uživaju u svirci i koliko su se unijeli u svoj set i bilo mi je jako drago vidjeti bend koji daje sve od sebe bez obzira na prilično malobrojnu publiku koja ih s odobravanjem prati. Poslije kada sam razgovarao sa članovima oba benda saznao sam koliko su problema imali da dođu nama, pošto im se u Italiji pokvario kombi i pokrali su im stvari, uključujući putovnice nekih članova, pa su morali u francusku ambasadu u Ljubljanu i pizdarije su ih pratile po putu. Tim veći respekt i želim im svaku sreću dalje na touru. Okej gig za jedan četvrtak!