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(record review)FASTFADE-Happy If You Aren´t

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Fastfade are from London, UK, they have a new record out and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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The record contains 14 songs. UK punk hardcore scene is thriving and pulsing with awesome bands, people working nice job to keep the scene alive and promote the underground subculture and punk. Fastfade play neckbreaking fast melodic hardcore with punkrock slower parts thrown in for good measure. I love the speed of this guys, I am sucker for fast and melodic bands and I will never have enough of those! The songs are energetic, with great vocals, backing vocals, anthemic choruses and just make you want to jump around, pogo, fool around and bring back smile on your face. I would definitely want to check out Fastfade playing live because I am sure they sound even faster and better live than on this great album. It is very hard to tell which songs are better but I will try those that are the best in my opinion: Passtime, Slingshot, Time Stuck. This is a phenomenal album.

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/fastfade/

 

 

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(record review)Hillview-The law of averages(Morning Wood Records)

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Hillview are relatively new band from Los Angeles, California, this being their debut album. But, they are in no way new regarding the members˙ experiences playing in hardcore punk bands. This band is made of experienced people from Union 13.

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The album contains 12 songs of awesome energetic fast paced hardcore punk. I can surely say that the music of Hillview is a sum of the members experience playing in other bands plus what they privately love and listen. Besides being melodic and neckbreaking fast hardcore punk, these guys are not afraid to sail into restless metal waters in many song structures making it one very nice and technically perfect whole. But, not all is in technical song structures, so Hillview´s main advantage are beautiful melodies, great sung vocal lines courtesy of Eddie Carasco, the guitarist for well known Union 13. The vocals, which are very important for me in such bands are just perfect, so are backing vocal harmonies. While I listen to this album, I just realize how awesome it is and how perfect the songs are. If I must name some songs that worked for me above others which are also great, that would be Pictures Of You, The Law Of Averages and Find The Way. Perfect album!

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/Hillviewband/

https://www.facebook.com/MorningWoodRec/

 

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(record review)The Last Days Of Jesus-Oh No…/The World Without Me

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TLDOJ are hailing from Bratislava, Slovakia and this is their new release, which I listened and reviewed for our zine.

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This single contains 2 songs. The music of TLDOJ is a mixture of graveyard horror goth rock and punkrock, packed in one very pleasent song structure. Oh No…is a dancable gothic punkrock dark hit with the chorus melody that leaves you humming long after the song finishes playing. It kind of reminds me of more punky and more gothic version of Joy Division, don˙t ask me why. The World Without Me was even better, the song sounds cheerful but is in fact very dark and somber with great melody and catchy chorus. This is a great band if you love such music. Check it out!

7/10

https://www.facebook.com/thelastdaysofjesus/

https://thelastdaysofjesus.bandcamp.com/album/oh-no-the-world-without-me