Tag Archives: party punk

(record review)THE SIKNOTES-“Welcome to the party, pal”(Morning Wood Records/Bad Granola Records)

The Siknotes are hailing from Grimsby, UK and were active in the early 2000-ies as a part of then very active UK skatepunk scene. In 2014.the band got together again and after an e.p. and whole bunch of drunk and high energetic shows recorded their new full length album to be release via Morning Wood Records and Bad Granola Records. I had a privilege to listen this little masterpiece of melodic punkrock and review it for this zine.

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The album contains 11 songs of non stop partying, energetic, high blasting full on melodic skatepunk. The music of The Siknotes is not unlike mid nineties punkrock bands for example Lagwagon, Nofx, Good Riddance and all the other bands of my youth, so this record really took me on the nostalgic rollercoaster and I am glad that someone still plays this awesome punkrock. I can only imagine how this songs sound live, because I never saw these guys play live yet, but I am going to correct that error. As for the lyrics, they are funny, drunk, party and feelgood punkrock with some serious lyric themes thrown in here and there for good measure. For me the absolute album highlights on this record are “Fade Away”, “Rick Flare” and “Wasted”. Excellent record!

9/10

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(record review)THE BENNIES-“Natural Born Chillers”

Australian scene never ceases to amaze me and THE BENNIES from Melbourne are one more band I discovered and fell in love with immediately.

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This is their new album and I had a privilege to listen to it and review it for this webzine. The album contains 8 songs of party music. Meaning melodic punk with anthem choruses for singalong, garnished with a lot of reggae parts and a lot of harmony on vocals and although it still snows a bit here when I write this review, I already feel the Sun warming  on my face and making me happy and making all the troubles far and bringing smile back to my face. The absolute highlights on this album are “Dreamkillers”, “Apathetic Revolution” and the title track. The clever use of psychodelic miniatures, reggae and melodies make this record a keeper! Nice one!

8,5/10

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