NYHC legends No Redeeming Social Value have a new record out. Formed in 1988. in Queens, they rock their vision of hardcore for more than three decades now. What I love about this band is that they play that old school hardcore we all know and love, leaning more on oi and street punk roots than this death metal crap they sell as hardcore nowadays. This record continues their more of a party hardcore mixed with serious lyrics about anxiety, friendship, scene and in all their humor and party lyrics you can find lots to identify yourself with if you listen and read between the lines. This album has many fan favorites just made for singing along at gigs, like Brew Crew, Wasted for Life, Punkrock Wedding Song, NYC NRSV, damn that is already almost half of the album which contains only ten songs. Dual vocals, anthemic song parts, make this record a new jewel in the hardcore crown. NRSV proudly carries on where Warzone stopped after the untimely death of Raybeez.
Hangtime are hailing from Toronto, Canada and their new e.p. is for sure one of the contenders for best melodic punk record of this fucked up shitty gig and festival free year. The production is awesome, fantastic guitars with catchy yet simple riffs just make you smile upon listening and that smile doesn´t come off your face all through the day long after you finished listening to the record for the fifth time in the row. Songs like Too Many Days, My Only One or my personal favorite Start All Over don´t offer anything revolutionary new or special, but this is a lesson how you can do quality and energetic sing along pop punk/melodic punkrock without too much philosophy, just sweet vocals, great backing vocal harmonies and superb songwriting. I heartily recommend this one to all of you who love your punkrock driving, melodic, with personal lyrics that anyone can relate to and sing along with for days. Fantastic!
Dutch punk rock bands Ink Bomb and No Breakfast Goodbye were in the studio for new recordings last weekend. Drum tracks for these new recordings have already been completed. Both bands are recording three new songs at Fiction Studio, Ink Bomb guitarist Quirijn Foeken’s studio. The way in which the songs will be released will be announced later.
Ink Bomb front person Joost Hoedemaeckers: “We have used this time of lock down and social distancing to write new material. We had ample time since all shows have been canceled! Even before the corona crisis we wanted to cooperate with our friends in No Breakfast Goodbye. When we were both planning recordings it was an easy choice to combine our plans.” No Breakfast Goodbye singer and guitarist Simon Janssen adds: “It’s cool that we as punk bands from our hometown of Nijmegen can work together like this. This way we can support and reinforce each others efforts. We’re looking forward to our future release plans!”
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