I listened to the debut e.p. by THE LONGSHOT couple of weeks ago and I wasn´t impressed much with what I heard.
Now it is time for their debut full length album and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine. For those of you who don´t know it yet, The Longshot is the new band fronted by Billie Joe Armstrong, known as frontman of some little pop punk band called Green Day. Sounds familiar, eh? Joke. The album contains eleven songs of melodic punkrock bordering with a lot of poppier side of punkrock. Don´t get me wrong, the songs are pure quality and production wise the album sounds brilliant, but somehow it just didn´t work with me upon neither first nor second listening. It was just too mellow and too weak songs to like it. The last Green Day record was much stronger compared to this material, I know those are not the same bands and all that, but the songs on this album are just somehow too similar one to another. There are couple of okay tracks like for example “Kill your friends” or “Goodbye to romance” but just not enough compared to the boring ones. If you are a fan of Green Day or Billie Joe´s work you´ll dig this one. If not, do not bother.
Holy Pinto is an indie pop band from Canterbury, England led by singer and songwriter, Aymen Saleh. Playing colorful pop rock anthems through the lens of pop-punk and emo, Holy Pinto sings about love, growing up, the tyranny of distance and, often, the bittersweet taste of nostalgia.
The song “Gold Leaf” is about distance, the restless feeling of wanting to ramble, of being wide-eyed about the world and wanting to chase experience. The song is tinged with sadness and regret; about what you sometimes give up, the potential of letting someone down and leaving them behind whilst following your internal compass and indulging your inner-restlessness. It’s also about smoking addiction!
Holy Pinto is an indie pop punk band formed in 2013 and consists of Aymen Saleh and Ryan Hurley. They are heavily influenced by bands such as Death Cab for Cutie, The Front Bottoms, Jimmy Eat World.
This is Core is proud to Present 1957, new single from Sunset Radio.
“1957” is the first extract from Sunset Radio upcoming album. The song shifts the band’s playing from 90’s punk rock to a more mature sound, closer to modern pop punk.
“The song’s about the importance of friendships, especially in dark and unhappy moments” says guitarist Matteo Rossi.
The video for the new single was shoot in Ravenna, the band’s hometown, and will come out on may 17th for Italian label “This is Core” and Japanese Far Channel Records.
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