Prior to listening to this record that came out on Felony Records, I have never heard about Bear.
This band is hailing from California and they are playing a mixture of melodic hardcore and punkrock. The album consists of intro plus eight tracks. After the instrumental intro the opener “Tales of Government Fuckups” is not a fast song, but it is a beautiful melodic slow song with political lyrics. There are a couple of more faster upbeat hardcore songs on the record like “Anytown, USA” or “Ready or Not”. The song structures are interesting, having shifts in rythm and melody, but they are never boring. The vocals are melodic, but not cheesy, rather shouted and sung at the same time. As I said, the whole album is pretty political and the lyrics are awesome. My personal favourite of the album is for sure “Mission Accomplished” and I listened to it a couple of times in a row. This is an awesome melodic hardcore punk record, so check it out! Also, if feel like it, check other Felony Record releases, because they have a couple of awesome bands out there.
Such Gold from New York area recently released a brand new ep via awesome Bird Attack Records, so it was time for me to listen to it and review it for my zine.
The usual problem with ep is that it contains too few songs and it usually leaves you hungry for more. But, that is the purpose of ep is it?
This one contains 5 songs of melodic punk with some hardcore influences. For those who still dont know Such Gold play very technical version of melodic punk style and it is really a pleasure listening to their rich song structures and catchy but complicated sounding guitar riffs. From slower but heartfelt “Ceiling Stare” to fast almost Propagandhi like “Ransom”, this ep is a really pleasure trip for your ears. I can also hear some rock n roll influences in “Worlds Collapse”. It is just incredible how Such Gold varies in song structures and if you have a band you might know how it is actually hard to do such things. The title song is for me the absolute highlight of this record and I found myself trying to hum the melody tune long after I finished listening to the song and went out to do my business in the city. Absolutely another great record and I missed this band when they were in Europe but I will not make the same mistake again.
Spring Moods is a melodic punkrock band that comes from Forli, Italy. They recently released their first album “Sad Love Story” which you can check out here: https://springmoods.bandcamp.com/
In their new video, they combine Star Wars and melodic punkrock, which is awesome, so check it out here:
Enjoy their music and stay tuned for an album review coming soon in this zine!
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