Chicago s favorite sons are back with new record! Naked Raygun are punk rock veterans and I am glad to still see them go and sounding strong after all these years and still causing a whirlwind, real storm of emotions with their melodic old school pop punk rock. This new bunch of songs has something for everyone, from sweet chorus of Treat Me Unkind that I love so much, to almost psyched ending of Soul Hole Baby, across haunting, atmospheric noisy and garage rock Suicide Bomb, pure unaldurated punk fun of Broken Things, this album is very versatile using punk rock as it was meant to be, as a means of creativity in song writing and making a whole new world of sound for us listeners to enjoy. I can almost smell the sweaty, smoke filled garage and club full of punks listening to this band and let Naked Raygun take you to otherworldly experience of rock. Nice album.
Petrol Station are hailing from Czech Republic and they just recently released their new, second e.p. called Tracy. There are five songs on this one and music of Petrol Station can be described as modern pop punk. You know how this one sounds, clever mixture of melodic punk rock and pop, with some old school grungy influences here and there and emo/alternative with nice vocal lines, great backing vocal harmonies and superb songwriting, especially the title song which stays in your ears long after you finished listening. Keyboard work and sometimes dreamy electronics and samples only add to sweet and melancholic atmosphere. Songs are emotional and beautiful, like for example another personal favorite of mine called Honesty. This is good one, I wait eagerly for new music, definitely a band to remember.
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! are back with new full length album! This French band´s new opus contains twelve songs of hardcore rawness mixed with emotion and sensitive melody of pop punk, making one good melodic hardcore record. I love how vocals mix between raw and hardcore shouting with beautiful melodic clean voice and they do it really perfectly. Guitars cut sometimes in metallic way, sometimes more pop punk riff, but retaining that groove and moshing parts for all of you who love your hardcore for moshing and singing along. Lyrics are personal and really good written and anyone can relate to themes. The title song, Marigold and True Colors are in a way personal favorites of mine, if I must choose between all of them, but do not listen to me, go find your own favorite, I think, if you like bands and music like this, you will enjoy Chunk´s new album!
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