Home Conflict are back with their new, second album. This punk rock trio is hailing from Zagreb, Croatian and have been around in the scene for more than five years now. This new effort contains 10 songs. It is always hard to create new music and successor to great album, like it was the case with their debut album. But, fortunately for us, guys did it again and made an awesome album and for sure one of the best if not the best punk rock release in Croatian scene in 2021. Home Conflict play straightforward melodic punk, leaning more into nineties Croatian melodic punk style than hardcore. I don t know why, but music of Home Conflict reminds a lot of No Comment, Croatian band from Split in the nineties and also Overflow. Lyrics are in English and dual vocals of guitarist Marin and bassist Tihomir interplay nicely with more aggressive song parts but also calmer, more emotional parts. Lyrics are personal, but I think that most of us can relate to them. My personal favorites are the title song, Above The Fire and Buried Dreams. May you have many more untold stories to play for us boys!
“When I was a kid, we lived in a haunted house. Some ‘thing’would walk down the hallway, into my room and just stand at the end of my bed. It looked like an old lady and it scared the hell out of me.
Other people saw it too, but didn’t tell me until years after, thankfully.
I still struggle to sleep alone with the light out…”
“Once my parents had turned my bedroom light out, I just knew the shadow people and that ‘thing’ would show up…”
Syd.31 included a lot of Shadow People in the video. You’ll have to see if you can spot them all. Shadows that are not our own…
Syd.31 are now back into gigging after a long time away due to Lockdown. Drop them a message if you want to talk to them, or want them to play a venue you near you soon.
In a 2015 interview with Noisey, Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah ranked the six albums the hyper-political Canadian punks had made until that point. The vocalist/guitarist placed Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes in second-to-last place, blaming his decision wholly on the sonics of the record. “I just find it sonically not very listenable,” he explained in the piece. “I wish we could remix it, but nobody ever wants to hear a remixed 20 year-old record.” He was wrong.
Today, we’re thrilled to reveal that the record has finally been given the remix it deserves by the talented Jason Livermore from The Blasting Room. It has been remastered from the original reels and remixed along with FOUR bonus tracks. Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes drops on November 12th, and is available for pre-order.
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