The Monkeychunks are from New York/NJ old school punk hardcore trio delivering their new EP containing four funny songs. I mean with titles like ‘I Went to See NOFX and All I Got Was Jocks’ you can’t go wrong. This band also uses some samples which is always fine by me if they are used cool. The music is a mixture between old school punk, skate punk and street punk, so it is great listening, too bad this EP is so short that makes you wanting more soon, perhaps another EP or full length album. I would love to see this band play live, because I am sure they are fun as hell watch and listening. Like their song says ‘Punk Rock, Fuck You!’ Enough said, go listen to this one.
The Old Breed and Squared Off released split EP containing two songs from each band. Squared Off are from Chicago and their side of this little record is two songs of street punk with some faster hardcore oriented music like in ‘Screen’ and more UK OI influenced melodic street punk in ‘Lessons Never Learned reminding me in a way of Booze & Glory and similar bands. The Old Breed are from Toledo and are a bit harsher playing more hardcore punk street side of music and sounding a bit less melodic and more dirty. I like Squared Off side of this little record a bit more, being a more melodic sucker but both bands are worth listening to and checking out especially ‘Left Behind’ and ‘Call To War’. Four songs by two great bands!
Killing Innocence is a band from USA I first heard with this release, never listened to them before. This record contains 10 songs. It is interesting that I found this one when I researched horror punk but this is so much more. First, this is DIY recording, raw and unbridled without studio magic and it brings me to nostalgic days when we released tapes with rehearsal demos on it. Second, this is not horror punk. There are some horror punk and death rock influences in songs like ‘Evil Eddie’ or ‘Necrophiliac’ but there is also pure raw punk, with many Oi and street punk stuff in the song structures, but also Ramones are noticable in ‘The Wannabe Song’. This trio plays like punk is, anything goes, there are some mistakes or sloppy played parts, at least I heard it that way, but this is punk and that is why we love it isn’t it? If I must compare this band to some other bands, it would be Cancerslug, to which they reminded me in couple of songs a lot too.
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