Hey Disarray are coming from Orange County, California and this is their first EP containing 6 songs. First think I thought while listening to vocals on first song ‘Dance With Me’ was that vocals reminded me a lot of Croatian band called Fraktura Mozga. Musically, they are also similar. Hey Disarray play melodic pop punk, uplifting melodies topped with nice vocals and some keyboard background in there thrown in for good measure, or am I imagining? This band is pop punk par excellence sounding just how excellent pop punk should sound like. Lyrics are great and I think that I can relate to lot of themes in there like love, loss of love, relationship, friendship, broken hearts, hope….One of my personal favorites on this record is the title song because it is straightforward pop punk song with beautiful chorus and melody, harmonies on backing vocals and superb lyrics. The musicianship on this record is tight and and production is great listening. Other songs that are stand out for me on this little EP are ‘Meet Me There’ and ‘Good At Letting Go’, but EP as a whole is worth your listening because this is superb songwriting.
Legendary punk band The Dwarves are back with their brand new studio full length and 20 new songs for your listening pleasure. For those who don’t know, The Dwarves play mixture of melodic punk, hardcore and garage punk. Vocalist Blag Dahlia sounds better than ever and the band is musically tight delivering the songs as energy bomb, one after another. From melodic chorus of ‘Feeling great’, across hardcore punk fast ‘Voodoo’, The Dwarves deliver the goods. The Dwarves never cared about political correctness, having their deal of scandals over the years with album covers, death hoaxes, feuds and brawls with other bands. Besides Blag Dahlia, The Dwarves line-up also consists of celebrity drummer Josh Freese (Foo Fighters), legendary multi-instrumentalist Nick Oliveri (Kyuss) and dozens of rock luminaries. Other songs that I must mention as being highlights on this album for me are ‘Dead To Me’, playful sexy song, also ‘Roxette’, ‘Everybody Squirts’ and ‘We Will Dare’ but as I listened album over and over every time something else springs forth making this a great listening pleasure. Go listen to The Dwarves if you dare!
Spanish Love Songs are hailing from Los Angeles, California and this is their new release containing twelve songs. This isn’t your standard California skate punk with nineties influence, no, this is something quite original and great. These guys play emotional melodic punk rock, leaning more into pop punk waters than harsher punk rock with haunting guitar melodies, synth backed harmonies and superb vocals whose emotional voice emphasizes the atmosphere of songs which is quite something. This is pretty darkened album in my opinion, personal lyrics dealing with mental health, sickness, suicide, hope and hopelessness, apocalypse all from personal standpoint and lyrics are great, smart but in your face at the same time. Some of the songs are slower and more atmospheric, some are more straightforward punk rock like awesome ‘Haunted’ which is one of my favorites on this album, smartly chosen for a single and video. Although leaning more into pop one of my highlights is also ‘Clean-Up Crew’, two other songs I must mention are ‘I’m Gonna Miss Everything’ and ‘Exit Bags’. This album is a must for all you fans of haunting and sometimes eerie melodic emotional pop punk rock.
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