It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of punk. That said, I haven’t been hugely impressed with many punk releases over the last decade. Sure there are some bands who have been around for decades, such as NoFX and The Descendents, who never let their old fans down, but most promising newer punk bands end up being a let down.
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One of the things I love about music (I wonder how many times I’ve started a review with those 8 words…) is how different bands can stand out and hit you with so many different aspects of the music. For some it’s simply a serving of catchy, pop choruses, others it’s the character and style. Not many, for me, have vocals that stand out so much as Atom Driver’s. Mark Segall’s vocals give the sound a massive edge that works perfectly with the punked up garage-rock sound.
One thing immediately stood out for me with Sports; those guitars. So much so that I am getting straight to them in the introduction. At times, such as the within Sound Of The Universe, the tone and reverberation sound like they belong in an old 60’s/70’s record. At others, they almost drive the entire song on their own. And the rest they just power the album’s biggest moments.
To summarise Mutation III in a sentence: My fucking speaker wire packed in because of this album.
Suicidal Tendencies are one of those bands who released a debut album that I absolutely adore, but then all of the following albums just didn’t do a thing for me. That was until 1999 when Freedumb came out. Since then, each album that I have heard has pleased me immensely, World Gone Mad included.
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One of my favourite things about reviewing music: being introduced to a band that you would never have otherwise come into contact with who sit very nicely within your tastes. I have huge soft spots for anything that is filthy and unpredictable, two boxes of which are thoroughly ticked and pissed all over in Better Days.
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If the name doesn’t sell you, this may not be the album for you.
Tangle is a free 5 track EP released by Californian Hardcore band Trash Talk. Despite only spanning 11 minutes, this is a slightly longer than usual average track length for Trash Talk, that said, every moment is as thoroughly enjoyable as in any other release.
Following the release of their book, The Hepititus Bathtub, NoFX have hit us with album 13, a more personal effort following some of the topics raised in their biography. Typically, at this point in a band’s lifetime the music tends to mellow out and lose its edge, but First Ditch Effort is far from this.
The Cauteriser 