Time for something harder to grace the pages of this zine, namely the review of the new e.p. by Probation If you are a fan of harder and more dirtier side of hardcore punk you came to the right place. The record is out on mighty Wtf Records. Read on!
Hailing from Limburg Noord area, these Dutch trio plays a dirty mixture of hardcore, sludge and some d-beat thrown in for good measure. This record contains 6 tracks of bleak despair, hatred, autoirony garnished with black humour and sarcasm. The titles like “Life Sucks, Kill Yourself”, “Imperial Needle” or the title track imagine the lyrical themes well, don˙t they? The songs are mainly fast paced with almost crusty old school d-beat sound turned into modern hardcore punk but retaining that dirty and greasy vibe in the production and also easily changing pace into lower downtuned sludge core stuff. For me the best song on this record is “Wrong Answer”. This record is one more proof of greatness and versity of European hardcore punk scene.
D.O.A. are back! The Canadian hardcore punk legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary! 40 years! That is my current age! This is their new album and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.
My friend once wrote that only old people listen to D.O.A. and he was kinda right. I first listened to this band via tape that one of my best friends in life gave me around 1994. or 1995. It was some greatest hits tape and I remember that “Disco sucks” immediately made me love this band. Fast forward to 2018.and the new album. Joey Keithley and his gang deliver the new batch of 13 songs that are both likeable to punkrockers and the hardcore kids. Now, even 40 years later, the problems are the same and there is still no compromise by these Canadian veterans. “You need an ass kickin´ right now” is a kick in the ass, a wake up call same as “Killer cops” and “Time to fight back”, very melodic punk song. “Gonna set you straight” is a very dirty sounding song with anthemic chorus. There is almost country vibe with a punk attitude in “Wanted man”, so the album has a very different sounding vibe in some songs, but all in some hardcore punk area but with maybe a wider scope. Good album.
Babe Patrol are hailing from NYC and were formed in 2011./2012. In the beginning they were more of a riot girrrl punk but through the years they evolved into more melodic and skatepunk band.
This new e.p. contains four songs. “Breathe” opens up filled with haunting and almost ethereal beautiful voice by the vocalist Jewels. She creates such epic melodies with her voice that made goosebumps on my skin. The record continues even better with “Can´t relax”, song with great ooo singalong chorus and fast energetic punkrock guitar riffs. Just when you think it can˙t get any better “Hide the trail” sweeps you off your feet being in my opinion the best song on this record that makes me wish that I wrote it. “911” closes the e.p. and leaving me desperately wanting more and waiting eagerly for the new full length record. This is one of the finer records that I have listened to lately.
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