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(review) DA-SKATE – La Teoria De Los Septenios

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I just love South America and the scene over there with so many fantastic bands coming out and delivering their goods, we in Europe are not too familiar with and I love to discover new favorites there. This time, Da-Skate from Mercedes, Argentina released their new one with 12 songs of melodic hardcore/skate punk just the way it was meant to be. The song titles and lyrics are in Spanish language so I don´t understand what they are about since I don´t speak that wonderful language, but the music speaks for itself. Music of Da-Skate is melodic hardcore punk, leaning more on skate punk of nineties that I love so much and on which I grew up on. What immediately falls to ear and mind upon listening are vocals. This voice is so nice, melodic and sweet, but not cheesy or snotty, I love vocal lines, epic choruses and backing vocal harmonies like in one of my personal favorites La colina de las cruces. Also, these songs, mainly faster and strong, also have a certain dose of melancholy and sadness that continues for me throughout the record upon listening and I love that feeling, during some songs it made goosebumps on my skin really strong. This one is another jewel in the crown of skate punk underground. My personal favorites: La colina de las cruces, La verdad duele…, Vis pacem, para bellum.

https://da-skate.bandcamp.com/album/la-teor-a-de-los-septenios

Quebec skatepunks Go Great Guns reveal title song for their forthcoming e.p.

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Quebec City skatepunk foursome Go Great Guns is back with a new EP titled “Roots”. The follow up to their 2017 debut S/T album comes out March 10th via Thousand Islands Records. You can check out the title track out now.

Roots is about rising up and refusing to be held silent any longer. It’s a punk rock ode to the power of unity and equality, two human values we desperately need at this particular time. Describes Jeff Girard of Go Great Guns.

For Roots, the band returns with their blend of melodic and skate punk, this time pouring in hardcore elements for a more refined sound.

Roots EP Tracklist:

Bite The Bullet

Moving Frames

Drop A Bombshell

Shadows And The Streets

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About Go Great Guns:

Go Great Guns is a melodic punk act formed in 2015 in Quebec City, Canada. Their eponymous debut album was released in 2017 on Thousand Islands Records. In 2020, with their friend and sound engineer Pierre Lemire, they went back to the shed to record “Roots”, the new EP released in march 2021 on the same label. The band found the exact sound and style they were after: a faster, heavier punk rock, while still being harmony and melody-oriented.

(review) The Lockdown – Waiting For Better Days (Effervescence Records)

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The Lockdown is no stranger to this zine, because I already wrote about the first single by this project that started in March 2020 during lockdown by none other than Fab, main honcho of Effervescence Records. Now, digital version of the full length record is out, vinyl version will be out in March.

What do we have here? 11 song of really beautiful melodic punk rock, bordering between nineties melodic punk I grew up on and love so much, also having some pop punk influences in the song structures. My personal favorites on this record are The Good Old Times, a bit calmer Old Memories, Different People with such great vocal and backing vocal harmonies that continue throughout the whole record, also Never Forget which is song I listened to over and over again, like the title song with fast and nice, melancholic vibe. Lyrics are personal and I can totally relate to most of the songs, and that is just what I need in my punk rock and hardcore records that I listen to. That is why I love this genre of punk so much. So, if you love your punk rock melodic and from the heart, go check out this one. I know I love it!

https://effervescencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/waiting-for-better-days