Oddball Creatures are coming from Lyon, France. They were formed in 2017 but had lots of line-up changes until mid 2019 when this line-up stabilized. This is their new release containing seven songs. With music of Oddball Creatures we can only say, humor, fun and more fun. With songs like ‘Like A Fart In My Mouth’, ‘We Want Beer’ or ‘I Just Need Your Ass’, you know what the lyrical themes are about, or you can just look at t title of the record or the cover picture. Music is melodic punk, leaning more and being more influenced by Ramones three chord attack, playing so called Ramonescore, reminding me a bit of Teenage Bottlerocket and similar bands who play that style of punk rock. Vocals are also a bit over the top, but that is a must when playing music like this one, this is in fact energetic punk rock with three chords and not much philosophy or wisdom. Just plain punk! My personal favorite on this record is ‘We Want Beer’ which has a bit more street punk influenced guitar work and a bit rougher edged vocals. Go have a listen!
Konačno je izašao dugoočekivani solo album gitariste/vokala legendarnih srpskih punk rock bendova Six Pack i Čovek bez sluha. Što reči o ovom albumu? Deset pjesama pomalo sličnih matičnim bendovima, no u isto vrijeme drugačijih potpomognutih Mikijevom odličnom poezijom od tekstova i tom melankolijom zbog koje sam se i zaljubio u Six Pack prije nekoliko desetljeća. Melodije su odlične, catchy, a pop punk pršti od energije i istovremeno odličnih terca, harmonija i brzih riffova. Da, na albumu ima i brzih pjesama kao što je odlična ‘Humoreska’ sa tako prelijepim refrenom i backing vokal harmonijama koje prožimaju glavnu melodiju. Klavijature na početku ‘Počeo je kraj’ odaju emocionalnu pjesmu prepunu balade i odličnog teksta, ali bez patetike. Album je priča o skitanju Mikija kroz muzičke krajolike, no on ne skiće, tu je negdje u toj prelijepoj punk rock priči sva ova desetljeća i hvala mu na tome. Ima ovdje i angažiranih pjesama kao u odličnoj ‘Bot’, lukavo odabranoj kao single koja progovara o nasilju i bullyingu među djecom i mislim da je reakcija na nedavne tragične događaje u Srbiji. Na albumu se nalazi i već objavljena ‘Tony’, fantastična, brza i dirljiva posveta prerano preminulom pjevaču/gitaristu No Use For A Name i muzičaru/tekstopicu par excellence. Singlovi ‘Vratiće se vrapci’ i grandiozna posveta palom punk suborcu i bratu naslovna pjesma albuma su na repeat i iako ima izleta u pop vode kao što je ‘Pamti se samo fail’ album je fantastičan!
Time for some Southern California skatecore SINCE WE WERE KIDS! to grace the pages of this webzine. There are 16 songs on this beauty and it is all fast skate hardcore punk with angry, shouted, but sometimes melodic vocals. This is old school par excellence. The musicianship is tight and the record as a whole is an energetic bomb in itself. This is hardcore like we were used since we were kids hehe. The songs are short but hit straightforward in your head and melt your face off with their energy and blistering guitars, topped with fast drumming and angry vocals. I tried to find and name some personal favorites, but the record as one undivided whole is superb, so you will find your own favorites, because I love this record, every song from beginning of ‘Counterfeit’ through all those short bombs to ‘Intense Energy’ and ‘Winner’s Life’. So, I guess I still named some of the favorites on this record. Superb, my recommendation,
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