Legendary Sale Veruda, guitar player and mastermind of legendary Croatian punk band Kud Idijoti is back with the second full length album by his new band Saša 21.

The one wrong thing, in my humble opinion is, that we all look at this band and listen to it, through the eternal prism of Sale`s former band and all of the hits they gave us prior to the untimely death of singer Tusta. Sale always remain in the shadow of bigger part of this life as songwriter and guitar player of Idijoti, so his new band is and always will be compared to his former glory days. It is not right, but I also do it. The songs on this album sound like they came out of Kud Idijoti factory, although Saša 21 plays boogie punkrock like they call it with lyrics in Croatian language. The lyrics are the problem of this album, because they are too few and too meaningless in most of the songs compared to the lyrical geniousness this man can provide. Also, the songs are too similar to one another and there are practically no punkrock anthemic choruses or guitar riffs that remain in memory long after the listening to the record. Do not get me wrong, this is quality punkrock, better played and written than many other bands in the scene, but in all, it is just average. Recommended songs: Jetra, Svi na kontejnere!, Razdvojenost.

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