Konačno je izašao dugoočekivani solo album gitariste/vokala legendarnih srpskih punk rock bendova Six Pack i Čovek bez sluha. Što reči o ovom albumu? Deset pjesama pomalo sličnih matičnim bendovima, no u isto vrijeme drugačijih potpomognutih Mikijevom odličnom poezijom od tekstova i tom melankolijom zbog koje sam se i zaljubio u Six Pack prije nekoliko desetljeća. Melodije su odlične, catchy, a pop punk pršti od energije i istovremeno odličnih terca, harmonija i brzih riffova. Da, na albumu ima i brzih pjesama kao što je odlična ‘Humoreska’ sa tako prelijepim refrenom i backing vokal harmonijama koje prožimaju glavnu melodiju. Klavijature na početku ‘Počeo je kraj’ odaju emocionalnu pjesmu prepunu balade i odličnog teksta, ali bez patetike. Album je priča o skitanju Mikija kroz muzičke krajolike, no on ne skiće, tu je negdje u toj prelijepoj punk rock priči sva ova desetljeća i hvala mu na tome. Ima ovdje i angažiranih pjesama kao u odličnoj ‘Bot’, lukavo odabranoj kao single koja progovara o nasilju i bullyingu među djecom i mislim da je reakcija na nedavne tragične događaje u Srbiji. Na albumu se nalazi i već objavljena ‘Tony’, fantastična, brza i dirljiva posveta prerano preminulom pjevaču/gitaristu No Use For A Name i muzičaru/tekstopicu par excellence. Singlovi ‘Vratiće se vrapci’ i grandiozna posveta palom punk suborcu i bratu naslovna pjesma albuma su na repeat i iako ima izleta u pop vode kao što je ‘Pamti se samo fail’ album je fantastičan!
The Pond is also, as I can understand a one girl band from San Francisco. When describing the music, they use the term gay girl synth pop. In fact it is a mixture of synth pop and pop punk leaning more into synth pop side of things with fast tracks like ‘Rock In My Shoe’, being dancable and having such haunting melodies like ‘I Like U’. In all, this is a short one, five songs in no more than six minutes record with short and sweet pop punk/synth punk songs and eerie, at times haunting vocal melodies. This would sound average with guitars, but this way it sounds more interesting. This one is definitely not for your every day listening. Different, yet interesting and lasting just long enough not to get boring.
Clod Maple is one man band from Florence, Italy. This record contains seven songs that were written, recorded, mixed and mastered in his bedroom in Florence. This one actually got to be pretty good one. I love Italian language, I love Italian melodies and their scene, so Clod Maple did fine for me. The music on this record can be described as pop punk with goth rock, horror punk influences, also I can hear some neoclassical in some songs like for example in great opener ‘Lift Me Up’. Vocals are nice voice, neither too mellow or snotty, nor too deep and I love how the color of the voice and harmonies fit to the songs. I love faster side of the songs, like ‘Seafoam’ and I can swear I hear some double bass drumming on that one, maybe it is only me. This demo is diverse, there is also an acoustic instrumental here called ‘Sorcerer’s Foot’. Lyrics deal from personal to horror goth influenced themes and my personal highlights are songs like ‘Vampire Girl’ and ‘My Friend Night’. This is a good melodic little demo and a nice effort for a one man band.
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