Anthemic, melodic punk that borders on alt-rock in the modern context. I could also easily imagine hearing it on the radio. Eight songs of beautiful, irreverent, ripping fastcore on the Used Punk EP, with just two songs kissing the sixty-second mark neither get close to seventy.
Also, the cover art is straight-up genius. EPs received constant spins in my early years. Every time you think of the Scandi-beat craze that took over the world twenty years ago after taking over the world twenty years earlier, of course , you drop the needle on a tasty-ass platter like Mental Skyttgrav and get your ass blown out. This band has been kicking around for nearly a decade, releasing splits and LPs that have mostly flown under the radar.
Eighteen bands all in, with a gorgeous zine anthology paying homage to an incredibly influential publication. No one is documenting the Polish scene current and past like Refuse and their Warsaw Pact subsidiary, and this comp absolutely shows the reverence they have for the era and their forebears. The tinny recordings, the slipshod performances, the cringe-inducing and shamelessly earnest vocalsβ¦.
It fukkn matters, punk. All of the descriptors that sound like critiques? They still apply, but if you put yourself in their place while you listenβoh fukk, does it sound right. And, important. This is the demo and an unreleased EP and some live tracksβthis is everything. The shit lands real. Getting old is strange. Woooofffff , this one lands just right. And this, my friends, is wonderful. Real fukkn infectious Aussie punk with serious modern indie vibesβthis is a band whose vision and mission are fully realized.
Absolute perfect execution. Absolute visceral destruction. All of the metalcore tropes are here, but this shit is so unbelievably fierce, and everything that you expect to happen? It happens, but more. Welcome to , my friends. Sixteen shamelessly catchy and pleasantly aggressive pop punk numbers from this Atlanta outfit.
