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(review) Nofx – Double Album (Fat Wreck Chords)

Many people don’t love newer, darker Nofx phase with more varied songs, piano parts, dark introspective lyrics with lots of word play, but I love it. This, maybe last studio album of these skate punk legends continues where last one called Single Album left off. Songs are more up tempo and more energetic with beautiful, yet somehow melancholic melodies, Don’t Count On Me is one of my personal favorites with such superb vocal interplay between Fat Mike’s, Hefe’s and Melvin’s voice. I can also hear lots of Cokie The Clown(Fat Mike’s alter ego) in some songs. Also, band grew and gained a lot when Karina Denike joined on keys and backing vocals, the songs gained such great richness. Nofx also take verbal attack on the scene with Punk Rock Cliche, the song to which lyrics I can relate totally in many ways. The music is basically fast skate punk, but versatile, with reggae, ska influences, also I would dare to say progressive punk rock in many ways. Fuck Day Six is a great dark song about rehab, autobiographic and strong. Gone With The Heroined, which was called before Scarlett O Heroin on one of those seven inches series, finishes this ten song album in an incredible but darkened way. This is dark skate punk rock tour de force and if it is the last one by this legendary band it is a worthy legacy.

German skate punks Hit The Dirt release music video for their cover of ‘White Christmas’!

These German pricks again? Unfortunately so! Our favourite Berlin skate punkers have created a cover of “White Christmas” just in time for the holiday season! The new single dropped on December 16 and the video went live a couple days after. 

Here’s what the guys had to say about the song: “We are big fans of Bad Religions EP called Christmas songs, so we kind of got inspired during a rehearsal and thought: should we do a punk rock cover of a Christmas song? It’s a fun thing to do, so we decided to cover our own version of White Christmas. Like Fat Mike says, we just took a good song and made it fast! Enjoy and Merry Punk Rock Christmas!

Check out the video: https://youtu.be/PLAZLrM6tiQ

Check the song: https://highenddenimrecords.bandcamp.com/track/white-christmas

Swedish punk rockers NONTHEWISER released third and final single from their coming debut album!

Swedish punk rockers NONTHEWISER will be releasing “The lonely man” on December 16th , the third and final single from their upcoming debut album, out in early 2023.

“The lonely man” has a somber country western feel while maintaining the speed and nerve of punk rock, about the darkness and angst of solitude.

Members;

N. Bergstrand – Vocals

J. Andersson – Guitars 

T. Edberg – Guitars 

A. Gilderstam – Bass 

A. Johansson – Drums  

Website: www.nonthewiser.com

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nonthewiser