Midwestern pop punk band Detour North will release their new EP ‘It’s History, It’s Poetry’ this Friday, July 27, featuring the singles “DEAD” & “Blackmail”.
“…from the opening pounding drums and guitar chords, you are drawn into a song that sounds like it would have fit right in during the Drive-Thru era. Detour North can write a song that musically calls back to the early-00’s without feeling rehashed, all the while still feeling very new and exciting.”- Substream Magazine
Remember Lost Love? We already featured this fine melodic punk/pop punk from Montreal on the pages of this webzine. Now, it is about time that I listen to and review their new record for this webzine.
The record contains 11 songs of emotional melodic pop punk. If you are a fan of the faster skate hardcore punk, this music is not for you. Twenty plus years ago, even ten, I hated bands like Lost Love, I considered them non punk bands who only ruin our scene. I am still sorry and will ever be for being so wrong. The lyrics on this record as I interpret them are a mixture of personal emotions and a lot of humour mixed with autoirony. “Are You Still Alive You Dumb Phoque?” is one of my personal favorites on this record sounding almost indie and proving that these guys are great song writers. The pumping beggining of “Clay Turris” marks the start of the pretty soundscape that takes the listener somewhere daydreaming about the happiest times he or she had in life. “Turisto Cracko” and “Hangover Drive” finish off the quartet of my favorite songs on this record. That doesn`t mean that the others are not good. These guys will be huge in the future!
I love European underground punk hardcore scene and I love discovering new bands that are great and I often wonder where I was that I didn´t hear some bands. Fortunately, there are many labels that do fine job putting out great underground music, so there is no fear, the scene continues to thrive and grow bigger like a giant living thing.
Sorry For Escalating were formed in 2014.and are coming from Karlsruhe area, Germany. This is their second e.p. out on Horn and Hoof Records, so I was happy to listen to the record and review it for this webzine. The guys were formed as a band to celebrate their love of freedom and feeling. This record contains 4 songs of melodic, mid tempo emotional punkrock. This music is not for the fans of some faster aggressive stuff, because this record is a celebration of humanity, life, emotions and inner self. Personally, “Think twice” is somehow my favorite song on this record. This is not the music made for moshing to or stage diving, this is punkrock made for daydreaming, emotional catharsis and meeting with yourself and the strange ways your mind is traveling to and from. Good record!
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