It is always super to discover new fantastic band on a Saturday morning while drinking your coffee and listening to music that arrived recently. Doghouse Rose are coming from Toronto, Canada and this is their new record containing 11 songs of beautiful, melodic pop punk/melodic punk with some psycho influences behind it all, well hidden in the back but I can hear it. If I must describe the music, it would be a mixture of The Creepshow and Kitty in a Casket, but with some more pop punk influenced song structures. The vocals are fantastic, the singer sounds so sweet, yet sharp in more dramatic parts of the songs and I love every single second of this record. The backing vocal harmonies are important to me, they are also done superbly and without any flaw, music stays with you long after finishing listening to the record, making you want more and more. Great band, sure to become one of my favorites very soon!

Recommended songs as my highlights: Dark Days, Misery Train, Drinking About You.

https://doghouserose.bandcamp.com/

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!