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(news – punk rock) Versus The World released new single from the forthcoming new album!

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‘Roadsick/Roadsick’, the first single from Versus The World‘s new album, is released today. The Californian post-punk band released their last album in 2015. The track ‘Homesick/Roadsick’ is directly linked to the new single:

‘Roadsick/Roadsick is a bridge between the last record and where we’re headed as a band. I’m happy to have shared this moment with Sean, Flip, Tony and Pat during the recording process. Meeting Cameron Webb and having him as our producer only made it better,’ says vocalist Donald Spence, hinting that the album was produced by famed producer Cameron Webb (Motorhead, Sum 41, Megadeath and more).

Versus The World is made up of members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, among others – musically, however, the band moves outside the ‘norm’ of skate and pop punk and features influences of emo and post.

About Versus The World:
A post-punk unit from Santa Barbara, California featuring members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, Versus the World issued their eponymous debut album in 2005 on Kung Fu Records. Drawing from their dense pedigree the band blends elements of pop-punk, melodic post-hardcore and troubadour style vocals by founding front man Donald Spence. Versus the World has toured extensively world wide on subsequent releases Drink.Sing.Live.Love(2012) and Homesick/Roadsick(2015) in support of bands such as No Use for a Name, The Ataris, Lagwagon and MxPx. In 2021 the band teamed up with producer Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth) to make The Bastards Live Forever which is due out in May2023 on SBÄM Records.

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(news – new single) Beyond The Lamplight release new single ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’!

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The hit machines of Beyond The Lamplight, born out of the former Americana/Punk band Larry And His Flask, release their new single ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ today.

‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ was inspired by the time during the Covid Pandemic. Kind of an ode to a time of uncertainty and confusion. We all felt caged and confined, not knowing what the next day would bring. And also to the psychological toll something like that takes on you, and trying to deal with the thoughts and feelings of the quarantine lifestyle.
 Ultimately, it’s a song about mental health and dealing with problems in a close environment,’ says lead singer Ian.

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(review) The Great Awake – ‘QUIT’

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The Great Awake are from far away across the globe, namely from Sydney, Australia. There are twelve songs on this beautiful record. This band play their vision of melodic punk rock, kind of mixture between old school nineties sound of all those Fat/Epitaph bands that I grew up with and learned to love this music so much, and more mid tempo modern emotional melodic punk not unlike Flatliners or The Menzingers with kind of nervous guitar melody, bass and vocals bordering between singing clean and melodic, but also screaming melodic at times. Songs like ‘A Shitty Midlife Crisis’, ‘Our 20s Have Stopped Roaring’ and ‘Too Stubborn To Quit’ are lyrically and musically totally something that I can relate to in every way, being in the scene for thirty years now. We are speaking here of tight incredible musicianship and great songwriting what makes this record a secret little jewel of the punk rock scene.

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