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(review) Mad Caddies – House on Fire (Fat Wreck Chords)

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Things are much better coping with all that no gigs and festivals covid shit, now that Mad Caddies delivered their new e.p. with Fat Wreck Chords.

Californian ska reggae punks this time released an e.p. featuring 5 songs of their trademark melodic punk mixed with reggae and ska and brass instruments. Chuck sings like an angel hehe and the songs are just fantastic. Let It Go is a song in reggae style about letting go the love although it hurts with nice melody and I can totally relate. What is my favorite song on the record is doo wop influenced Waiting For The Real Thing, being a bit different and great than the rest of the material. Strange Days has so beautiful chorus and harmonies that make you hum and sing it the whole day after listening to the record over and over again. Dogs Of War is a classic MC song with flowing vocal verse lines, anthemic chorus and shows how this band never gets boring or stale. Wake My Baby is acoustic starting song turning into upbeat piano backed song and gentle lyrics and melody. This is awesome e.p. and I really can´t wait for the new full length.

https://madcaddies.bandcamp.com/album/house-on-fire

(review) Love Equals Death/The Static Age – Split

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After years of hiatus Love Equals Death are back with a new split e.p. together with The Static Age.

This is a split e.p., so both bands are represented with two songs on each side. I personally didn´t listen to any of them, so it was a revelation. The Static Age side are two songs of post punk with even pop influences and nice synth undertones melodies in Recover, nice emotional melodic song. But, of those two I find The Fan and the Bellows more straightforward, upbeat song, although I like both of them, so ethereal, so otherworldy and beautiful.

Love Equals Death side with Dust and Flight of the Banshee I liked more, being fast straightforward and melodic punk just the way I like it. Flight of the Banshee starts with a scream of the banshee and it is more of a horror punk song and this is for me the best song on this record of them all.

Nice effort from both bands.

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borts new single The Nurse and ep out with Lockjaw Records! Watch the video here

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Freshly signed to Lockjaw Records, borts are getting to business and have released the imaginatively titled, EP1, featuring the single The Nurse.

Produced by Lewis Johns (Muncie Girls, Gnarwolves), the track is an ode about self-loathing and love liking, beer drinking and collar bone breaking.

“‘The Nurse’ was actually written about the nurse that looked after Tom when he broke his collarbone by backflipping (half naked, of course) on Bournemouth beach after a NOFX show, no less.”, guitarist, Dom, explains.

This fun anthemic listen got the band searching for creative solutions in the studio. “It’s a song that Tom has had knocking about for a while, and has gone through several iterations before we settled on this sound for the version we recorded. It’s the only tune on the album that uses an acoustic, and when we were recording it, we dived head-first into creating a tune that highlighted the contradiction between the acoustic, honky-tonk first half and the full-on second half. We just kept saying honky-tonk to Lewis and we got there eventually. And it has a glockenspiel in it.”

EP1 is available on all digital platforms from the 20th October. Watch the video here:
borts, are a 3-piece punk band from the South West of England, formed out of long-standing friendships and a mutual love for music, films, games, and good chilled out hangs.

They’ve been involved with other bands (Your Demise, Tireless & more), and have decided to come back by recording an EP, and a new album.

borts have been produced by Lewis Johns (Palm Reader, Muncie Girls, Gnarwolves) at The Ranch, which we’re happy to say sounds pretty fresh!

They’ve been picking some airplay on the BBC1 Rock Show and are Kerrang! Radio’s Fresh Blood pick.