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(review) Bent Out Of Shape – Who Laughs Last (Demons Run Amok Entertainment)

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Finally great street punk to hit my way and blow my speakers! Bent Out Of Shape have a new e.p. out with Demons Run Amok Entertainment.

These guys are from the streets of Fryslân, Holland and have been in the scene for a while having played in Spirit 84, DSS, No Denial, Dead Horse Running, de Hûnekop, Icepick, to name but a few.

This e.p. contains four songs in typical Euro street punk/OI way that I love so much and that I grew up with throughout the years. That means fine melodies on guitar, anthem singalong fist pumping in the air choruses and inspiring lyrics that are cliche in a way, but work with me just fine every time that I listen to such bands. I would love so much to see these guys playing live, jump and sing to the every lyric and just let loose. If I must choose my favorites of these four awesome songs, it would be Who Laughs Last and Lost In The System.

http://www.demonsrunamok.de/

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(review) Doghouse Rose – The Harder They Fall (Stomp Records)

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It is always super to discover new fantastic band on a Saturday morning while drinking your coffee and listening to music that arrived recently. Doghouse Rose are coming from Toronto, Canada and this is their new record containing 11 songs of beautiful, melodic pop punk/melodic punk with some psycho influences behind it all, well hidden in the back but I can hear it. If I must describe the music, it would be a mixture of The Creepshow and Kitty in a Casket, but with some more pop punk influenced song structures. The vocals are fantastic, the singer sounds so sweet, yet sharp in more dramatic parts of the songs and I love every single second of this record. The backing vocal harmonies are important to me, they are also done superbly and without any flaw, music stays with you long after finishing listening to the record, making you want more and more. Great band, sure to become one of my favorites very soon!

Recommended songs as my highlights: Dark Days, Misery Train, Drinking About You.

https://doghouserose.bandcamp.com/

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(various) 8 Up Records – A Horrific Halloween

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8 Up Records is a great record label and this Halloween they released free compilation with nice horrorpunk bands on it, delivering their goods.

I remember how I loved compilations while growing up in the nineties snail mail tape trading days, with fanzines and flyers for gigs being late for couple of weeks hehe. But, that had its charms, waiting for the mailman and that package envelope when it arrived, all the excitement. Also, compilations helped me discover some bands who later became my close friends and my favorite bands. This one contains 20 songs, some being better, some being a bit less better depending on your personal musical taste. This is all punk, horrorpunk or death rock. The bands that are just to my personal taste on this one are RatBatSpider, Dead End Lane, Despised NJ, The Haunting, but this compilation is full of great horrorpunk music and new bands for you to discover, and it is on donation or free. Thanks so much to 8 Up Records for releasing this beauty, it really made my day.

https://8uprecords.bandcamp.com/