type advantage are hailing from New Jersey area and this is their EP. This one contains five songs of beautiful melodic pop punk, as the band says on their Bandcamp page, queer pop punk with lots of melody, emotions and some riot grrrl in some song structures like for example in ‘GTFO’. There are sweet, sweet, almost dreamy melodies like for example in ‘find me’, with superb interplay of two vocals, Jessica and Sean throughout the whole record. The lyrics deal with some personal themes, like finding yourself and enjoy living what you are, sexism and patriarchat, loving someone and strongly feeling it, relationships and daydreaming. All of the lyrics are written so smart and it was a pleasure to combine them reading when listening to this record. All of the EP is like made for day dreaming and all those sweet melodies stay with you long after you stopped listening to the record.
China Drum are coming from England and this little EP contains four songs. The common thread of all songs is 1st Avenue which is part of all song titles. Music is melodic punk, a bit rawer but with lots of pop punk influences in the song structures. Guitars are murkier and rawer, bass is pretty loud in the overall production but it all fits just perfectly. Vocals have that raspy, harsher vibe to themselves but sing melodic and they are just perfect for bands like this one. Of all four songs my personal favorites are ‘Can’t Stop 1st Ave’, and also ‘Last Chance 1st Ave’. This is a nice little melodic punk/pop punk EP. I would love to hear more from this band.
Sprainer released their debut seven song EP and these guys are hailing from Peterborough, UK. This little EP and songs on it contain everything I love about this music. It contains tight musicianship and mixture of catchy pop punk with harshness of melodic hardcore influences and also skate punk in many song structures. Lyrics are smartly written and deal with every day themes like loneliness, searching and striving for more, ethics, morality and knowing when to depart if necessary. Music is faster and uplifting, like late nineties and early 2000s pop punk/melodic punk influenced bands with great vocals, voice that stays in your mind and ear long time after listening to this little record. My personal favorites are: ‘Cut Thumbs’, ‘Tentacles’ and ‘I Hate My Job’. Good melodic record by good band.
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