#90s oi! punk

[howdoipunkrock]

Welcome.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Punk, and if you've wandered this far into the wonder space that is Tumblr, you're determined, I'll give you that.

The world of Punk comes in many different forms: Goth Punk, Hardcore-Punk, Oi! Punk, Pop Punk, Anarcho Punk, and of course, Punk Rock. (I'll create posts on all the different kinds of Punk sooner or later, so stick around) This blog is mostly about Punk Rock, which is what I would consider, the mother of Punk. All other Punk forms came from Punk Rock if you look back far enough. (Think the 90's and 80's) However, my blog is home for all Punk types (new and old), so if you're a punk of any kind, you are more than welcome here. The question, 'How do I Punk?', is one I asked myself not too long ago, so in a way, this Blog is my own journey. And I'm glad to invite everyone along for the ride. This blog is dedicated to answering the question above in a way any Punk, new or old, can point at and agree with. This blog is my little corner of Punk for anyone (willing) to enjoy. My blog is somewhat my own opinion, as any blog on this site is, so I may get something wrong at some point. I'm welcoming anyone to help correct me, this blog is open for criticism, but I must ask to keep it cordial as much as possible. If your just curious about the Punk genre(s), want to learn more about the movement, or are just here to look around, I welcome you with open arms. Welcome to the world of Punk - I'm so glad to have you here. - :) (Seraph)

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[luciality]

iggypan

#shut up luci #delete later #i cant keep thinking of alice going to japan for a meeting but deciding to arrive early to do some casual tourist things bc its been so long #since shes done tourist things. anyway this is like the early aughts or late 90s whatever. she goes to the bridge to see all the cool fashio #fashion and maybe take pics like a rude tourist. maybe even check out the shops and buy something cute. and shes like WOAH so many cool styl #styles. heavily inspired by me england i am england i invented punk me personally i did that. and goth. whatever the hell this lolita is #is also clearly inspired by european fashion. and vw's mini crini line. #she just thinks jfash is neat. doesnt rly get all of it but she likes it. its cool. but then as shes taking picture like a rude person #she notices one girl look straight at her and then duck and turn around and speedwalk away. and iggys like oi wait im sorry i'll delete the #picture im sorry miss i didnt mean to be rude! and when she catches up to her shes like ?!?!?! sakura??? why are you dressed like this??? #and sakura is like ahhhh i didnt know you would be here. sometimes i dress up when i am not working. it is fun i have some friends who like #to meet up here. yes humans. ahhhh >_< i really didnt mean for u to see me like this..... and iggys like oh its no big deal i dont mind. #i think this whole lolita thing suits u. hahaha remember when i used to dress all punk and gothic and whatnot? what you wear outside of work #is your own business. plus its cute :3 like u :3 hey maybe next time we can dress up together and go clubbing or to a concert. er... #a live as u say. haha lol. and sakura is like mmm perhaps. that might be fun. and then alice is like Right now how do i get to the maid cafe #from here. and sakura is like >_> ok um which one. #i love them

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔊𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔬𝔰 𝔓𝔬𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔰 - 𝔖𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔊𝔦𝔯𝔩

#Garotos Podres #Com A Corda Toda #Skinhead Girl #CD #Album #Brazil #1997 #90's #90s #Punk #Oi #street punk #symarip version

[randomvarious]

Terminus City - "Landlord Bastard" The East Coast of Oi! 1999 Oi! Punk

Plays: 2.2K+ on Spotify // 300+ on YouTube

If you've been following me for over a year now, you probably know that a big component of this blog at one point was to present songs by mostly obscure acts that I felt were deserving of much more love and attention than they'd ever received. I've said it many times before and I'll say it again here: one major goal of this blog is to dig up all this slept-on shit and ultimately, little by little, piece together a thorough and mostly untold and unknown history of music.

And I think various artist compilations and DJ mixes are a pretty neat avenue for accomplishing that goal. They can be retrospective and present the big, era-defining hits; they can be samplers that show the best of what a label has to offer; and most importantly, they can be ephemerally contemporaneous and provide a snapshot of what a certain slice of music was like during a highly specific period of time. Those latter ones seem to capture those raw, authentic, and pure little moments of history like nothing else out there really can and it's those types of compilations and DJ mixes that I tend to derive the most joy out of.

The simple fact of the matter is that almost all music is ephemeral and also cloistered. It stays in its scene and it gets some brief play within that scene and then it just pretty much vanishes into thin air, never to really be thought of again. But of course, it doesn't actually vanish; it just sits there on dust-collecting vinyl, tapes, CDs, 8-tracks, hard drives, and iPods that haven't been touched in years and it also hides in the dark corners of YouTube and streaming services, almost totally ignored by ~[<{the algorithm}>]~.

So, here I am, like the guy at the beach with his trusty metal detector in hand, recognizing the fact that there's all this cool, decades-old shit just laying out there that's barely ever been exposed to the masses, just wanting someone to get the same level of pleasure from it like I have.

I love so much music, I love discovering all these little gems, and I love showing them to other people. And now I'm happy to say that I'm gonna be writing about individual songs once again. I'm gonna be providing you with killer tunes that you've more than likely never heard before by acts you've more than likely never heard of, and I'm going to give you their backstories and provide their proper context. Simply put, this shit deserves to be more known than it currently is and you should know how it all fits into this vast, woven quilt of music history.

So, without further ado, let's fuckin' go, shall we?

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Today's song post is about landlords. We sure do hate 'em, don't we folks? We fork over a hefty portion of our paycheck every month to them just to keep a roof over our heads (that's fucked up, isn't it?) and then they do little to nothing in return to make that payment ever seem worth it. They're never there when you need them when something needs fixing, so what's the point of them in the first place? Why do we let them get away with all the scummy, underhanded shit that they pull? Hey, someone should write a song about these bastards!

Well, here's a group that did just that. Introducing a relatively short-lived punk band from Atlanta called Terminus City. Critic Mesquita Borges provides some background on 'em:

Assembled in 1998, Atlanta-based Terminus City endowed frenzied conceptions of hardcore punk, taking on Oi! style's most dashing heritage. Associating pushy guitar sets with raging vocals, the squad crushed the local punk rock scene and quickly began to be named along with the best Oi!-styled teams. Formed by Frank (vocals), Guillermo (guitar), Wes (bass), and Chris [drums], the band started off by playing a series of concerts in the Atlanta area, being the opening act for bands such as Patriot or the Dropkick Murphys. Recording a series of singles and appearing at the Arizona Street Punk Festival in 1999, Terminus City gradually began to congregate a respectable fan base. During late 1999, the crew recorded what turned out to be their debut full-length, Justice Isn't Always Fair, which hit the record stores in 2000.

So, '99 is when Terminus City made their first releases, which consisted of a 7-inch of their own, plus three other 7-inches that they split with other bands. And in addition to those releases, they also ended up contributing a pair of exclusives to two different compilations that year as well: "You Shook Me All Night Long" for Oi Oi - A Tribute to AC/DC and "Landlord Bastard" for The East Coast of Oi!

Now, oi! as a genre has something of a checkered past. It's a working-class kind of punk rock, but it's had some strains of fascism, white nationalism, and reactionary politics within its ranks. And you'll even find some of that grossness on the East Coast of Oi! comp itself, with a song like "Welfare Case" by Squiggy. That's a song I'll never write praiseworthy things about, and, by the way, Squiggy, didn't Clinton pretty much obliterate welfare by the time you'd released your dumb song anyway? Find a fresher shitty thing to write about!

Anyway, I don't know the full discography of Terminus City, but if "Landlord Bastard" is any indication, then it doesn't seem like these guys fell into that bad strain of oi!. Landlords are typically an enemy to working class politics, so I don't think you'd find a right-wing band lamenting about them. But I guess I could be wrong 🤷‍♂️.

Anyway, it's never *just* the message that'll get me to love a song; the music itself's gotta be good too, of course. And Guillermo's guitar tone as well as the main squealing riff that he sports with it throughout the verses on this song are both nothing short of spectacular; pretty simple in execution, but also catchy as hell, and serving as a nice contrast to both Wes' deep, accompanying bassline and Frank's gravelly vocals too. Blast it in front of your landlord and if they give you any guff about it, then crank it up a notch with this classic from The Coup (YouTube) 😈.

Also, if you like this song, I included it on this broad 90s punk playlist that consists only of tunes that I’ve come across by way of compilations. And it’s also on YouTube and YouTube Music, with a few more added bonus tracks that aren’t on Spotify. 

Feels really good to be fully back ☺!

#oi! punk #oi punk #oi! #oi #punk #punk rock #rock #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music

[uneasylisteningradio]

Monsters October 29, 2022

Photo: Ray Harryhausen and friend

Monsters. Y’know, for Halloween. This is one of those 3 hour shows!

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Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night Nervous Gender - Monsters

DJ speaks over Richiro Manabe - The Transforming Pollution Monster

Heavens to Betsy - Monsters Slant 6 - What Kind of Monster Are You? The Campanions - Dorothy, My Monster Swingo Porkies - Un Monstre es en Moi

DJ speaks over The Big Guys - Zombie

Inflatable Boy Clams - Skeletons Comus - Diana Los Shain's - El Monstruo Shonen Knife - Kappa Ex. RJD2 - The Horror

DJ speaks over Goblin - Zombi

Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams - Nosferatu Frank Chickens - Mothra Nicole Paquin - Mon mari c'est Frankenstein Entombed - Night of the Vampire Cochonne - Vampire

DJ speaks over Hot Blood - Even Vampires Fall in Love

David Thomas and Wooden Birds - Monster Walks the Winter Lake Hamlett - Vampire Man Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Trailer John Cooper Clarke - (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space (Live at the Electric Circus)

DJ speaks over Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Monster Surf Stomp

Sally Skull - Bride of Frankenstein NoMeansNo - Hunt the She-Beast Aphrodite's Child - The Beast Johnny Whitaker - Sigmund & the Sea Monsters Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf

DJ speaks over John Lurie National Orchestra - The Beast

Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka - Zombie The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den Mecht Mensch - Zombie X-Prays - Bracket Vampire

DJ speaks over Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Frankenstein Ska

The Bats - Free All the Monsters Buck Owens - (It's A) Monster's Holiday Belvoir - Le Serpent Clan of Xymox - Medusa Clothilde - La Chanson Bête Et Méchante Warning - Beasts of Fiction The Vampires of Dartmoore - Der Feurdrachen Von Hongkong

DJ speaks over Science Fiction Corporation - Monster on Saturn 1

The Only Ones - The Beast Gene "Bowlegs" Miller - Frankenstein Walk Max and the Makeups - Chasing the Monsters Piece War - Monster Pel Mel - Big Foot

DJ speaks over Aphrodite's Child - The Wakening Beast

Slint - Nosferatu Man Mad Kenny's Allnight Drinker - Zombie Rock Outpatients - Zombie Tyme

DJ speaks over The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire

Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango (Sucker For Your Love)

#radio #community radio #wprb #broadcast radio #playlist #music #punk #country music #goth #r&b #hardcore punk #prog #90s Hip Hop #riot grrrl #oi #weird folk

[bestfuckinmusic]

Oi Polloi - Fuaim Catha - 1999

Legendary anarcho-punks. Cracking album of crusty anarcho thrash.

#oi polloi #1999 #crusty #anarcho #90s hardcore #hardcore punk #scotland

[dankalbumart]

Tanked and Pogoed by Blanks 77 Radical Records 1997 Punk Rock / Oi! / Alternative Rock / Pop-Punk

#punk rock #punk #rock #oi! #oi #oi punk #oi! punk #alternative rock #alternative #alternative music #alt rock #alt #alt music #pop punk #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music

[d-beatradio]

D-Beat Radio: Part 39 - Suffering In Silence

Send us your band’s music!

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Message for stickers!

#los angeles #punk #punk rock #radio #dbeat radio #dbeatradio #pirate radio #street punk #oi #dbeatrawpunk #90s #90’s kid #nostalgic

[the-kr8tor]

Hi! I love your TTN series so much.

I was wondering if you could write a bit more about them, like, reader meets Gwen or Miles (because Hobie already knows them) and maybe reader helps them with their suits or helps them by making something for them. It's okay if you decline this, I didn't know if this counted as a normal request or fluffy friday request, sorry. I really admire your writing, you're really talented.

Take care, you're amazing 🤍

Thank you, lovely! You're too kind 💛 hope u like this one!

Pairing: Hobie Brown x fem! Reader/ Spider-Punk x fem! Reader

Tags: use of Y/N sparingly, no specific physical description of the reader, cw food mention. TTN! Hobie, TTN! Reader. FLUFF

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“Oh those are so based, dude!” Gwen exclaims from the floor, her sentence a bit muffled by the chips she's currently munching.

You look up from Miles’ suit that you're currently mending, the spandex slippery to touch. Sitting on the settee with Hobie sitting in-between your legs, you lock eyes with him who's equally confused as you. His head on your lap, eyebrow cocked up in question.

The four of them are sitting in a circle, snacks and sugary sweet drinks in hand. Miles lounges on the foot of the sofa, wearing an outfit you've designed once upon a time in college. You wouldn't let him wear Hobie's clothes, because, well, he looked like he was being eaten by just his shirt, his pants pooling on the floor. After almost tripping and landing smack on his face, you insisted on giving him a Y/N exclusive outfit. A one of one design.

You mentally take note to design clothes for the three of them that perfectly encapsulates their tastes.

Pavitr— who definitely didn't express how jealous he was of Miles’ new outfit, is sitting beside Hobie who is currently taping an ice pack to Pav's head with duct tape (that will definitely have consequences). He got annoyed that the ice pack kept slipping from his friend’s head, landing on his crisps, smooshing its contents.

“Ah, Gwen? What does ‘based’ even mean?” you ask, closing up the last seam.

All three teenagers look at you, then the other two stares at Gwen, waiting and snickering. Hobie leans against you, hand absentmindedly curled around your ankle.

“I keep forgetting you're from the 90s” Gwen cleans her hands with a napkin. “It means, uh, to carry yourself with swagger, yeah! I think…”

Miles and Pavitr guffaw loudly, Miles' soda spilling over the can. The houseboat shakes a bit on the water. You murmur out a ‘swagger?’ still scratching your head for an answer to your previous question.

“Oi! You're spilling everywhere!” Hobie throws a chip at Miles. It hits him on the forehead, leaving sour cream dust on his skin.

“Ack!” Miles mumbles while wiping his forehead. “You used to be cool, man”

“It's our house. I'd like to see you be cool when somebody spills sticky crap on your hardwood floors”

Our house. Even after all these years, Hobie still finds a way to make your heart sing.

You lean forward, placing a chaste kiss on his temple. Fingers kneading the muscles on his shoulder. “It's alright, Hobs. Miles didn't mean it, right Miles?” Hobie visibly relaxes, body melding close to yours.

The spider kids share a knowing look, triple smirks on their lips. Hobie doesn't notice, too busy getting lost in your eyes. You look at him like he's the stars in the sky.

Pavitr sighs, hand on his chin, mumbling about missing someone.

“Yeah, Hobs, I didn't mean it” Miles chuckles throughout the sentence, almost unintelligible with his laughter. Gwen scrunches her nose at her friend.

Meanwhile, you and Hobie are inside your own little bubble. The bubble bursts when the door to the houseboat bursts open with Ned heaving, clutching a stack of papers.

“Hobie! I figured it out—” he stops in his tracks, everyone looks at him, you stop with your barrage of massages. Pavitr pauses mid bite. Ned stares at the room, eyes swimming with questions.

“Who are these children?”

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[rawvnoisevcruster]

hey punk

I've been interested in the topic of what punks listen to other then punk rock(tm) (punk genres that are punk entirely/punk first ie street, oi, crust, uk82, anarcho, etc) so if you could read this and rebolg with your answer that would be cool

im not doing a poll because (i figured out real quick) theirs a lot of genres and sub genres that are not punk rock (shocking) and i didn't want to shove super different sound into one space (such as the "tough guy" hardcore of a hatebreed with the straight edge youth crew hardcore of a youth of today into one box but i didn't want to make a 10 million checkbox long poll, and i didn't want to leave stuff like hip hop,electronic,folk,metal, etc off the list and have it just be the stereotypical non punk music punks listen too

so ill just explain what i mean when i say a "non punk" genres. this could go from the aforementioned hardcore ranging from pg 99 emotional hardcore to the beating vegan edge of earth crisis. gabber, brakecore, house. hiphop... 2000s mall emo... 3rd wave ska... what ever type of pop you want to call girl in red. basically as stated any thing that is not a core capital P Punk rock (tm) genre. i would also love some of the band you like in particular ( and as examples). and if you can't exactly put a real name on it you can just put a fake name on it ( agin with band as examples) such as like 90s mall goth (marilyn manson), anime fan brakecore(goreshit), 2000s pop emo (paramore)

more rambles in my note as this is already too long

#i would also love for yall to put like more then one genre #like if you wan to put every niche emo and scremo you like go off #name every type of odd furry gabber with brake beats dj you like #please go on as much as you like #make a name for that specific type of folk music you like #“weed smoker 60 revival rock of the 2000s” like go wild

[mushroomminded]

If assigning things to the P&P the cast, I'm assigning them Music Genres I Associate With Them/Think They'd Like

Peachy: screamo, metalcore, melodic hardcore, death metal

Ira: "Classical" Music (broad term definition, but with a particular love of Baroque period and Romantic period works), modern orchestral music, minimalism/experimental orchestral music

Django: acoustic rock, 90s style alt rock, grunge, garage rock

Mars: skate punk, oi, thrash punk/metal, post punk

Shelle: various forms of Jazz (smooth jazz, a little big band era jazz, some freeform jazz when she's feeling Spicy), likewise varying forms of funk and soul

Kell: Top 40 Radio, with a penchant for the bubblegummiest of pop/idol group music

YAYY

#8 colas

[captawesomesauce]

2023 Spotify Wrapped...

So apparently my music tastes are all about that Crank Wave and I'm from Brighton, Oi!

But honestly, the hypnotist thing is right... I'm old school like that and still love listening to albums from start to finish, in the order the artist laid them out. There's a flow to most of them, some tell a story, some are organized just so purposefully that you miss out by jumping around.

I do like how my top 5 is a healthy mix of new and old. The feelies is always high up there because it's my "go to sleep" album, but having 2 brand new bands with 2 very 80's/90s bands... well.. @smolwrathfulpanda, see I don't just listen to "old people music" lol.

Basically my music listening this year was a lot of Punk and Post Punk.

And if you've never heard of Pip Blom, go listen to their stuff man! Fucking excellent indie/dance punk from the Netherlands.

#Music

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔊𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔬𝔰 𝔓𝔬𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔰 – 𝔄𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔦𝔞 𝔒𝔦!

#Garotos Podres #Com A Corda Toda #Anarkia Oi! #CD #Album #Brazil #1997 #90's #90s #Punk #Oi

[pesquisa80songs]

Oi gente, como vão?! 

Convido todas as tags br para essa pesquisinha musical que estou lançando aqui. Tô muito saudosa de rp com a temática de bandas, então o que tenho a apresentar pra vocês é uma proposta de rp de twitter e discord com a temática de bandas que tentam recriar um pouco do cenário musical dos anos 70~90. Isso inclui hardrock, blues, punk rock, reggae, new wave/synthwave, grunge e muito mais. 

O contexto seria basicamente sobre uma gravadora que recruta músicos ou potenciais músicos por acreditar que é muito necessário reviver a cena e o estilo de vida rockstar, desde a emergência do pop dos anos 2000. 

Ainda não sei onde seria a correta localização (vocês podem opinar!), mas seria algo como uma gravadora nos EUA (mais especificamente em Los Angeles) ou no Canadá. 

Além de bandas, também teremos solistas inspirados em Cher, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Bon Jovi e afins. Também estou pensando em incluir vagas para produtor e roadie, mas será uma ideia posterior se a pesquisa tiver bons frutos.

Deixo claro que a participação em discord seria um plus necessário no plot, já que teremos eventos dinâmicos, batalhas de bandas e artistas, eventos musicais e muito mais. 

Se interessou? Dá um like aqui e divulga para os amigos!

#krpbr #krpbr twitter #krp br #rpbr #rp twitter #rpbr twitter #rp br #nxn brasil #nxn twitter

[ladyaislinn]

It seems reasonable to suppose that Mr. Sewell has been fulminating against authority since he was a teen-ager in Twickenham, a London suburb, and spent too much time drinking beer in the park instead of going to school. Pudgy enough for his brother to begin calling him the the Fat White Duke -- ''I looked like Dylan Thomas with 90 percent of the liquid taken out'' -- he played in a variety of rock bands, including ''a Brian Eno-inspired band,'' a punk Oi band and something he describes as an ''anarchist'' band (''We were 14 and, and we thought we were anarchists''). Broke at 17, he borrowed $170 from a sympathetic teacher to pay the audition fee for several drama schools. He went to the Central School of Speech and Drama, which trained him well, but, he said, ''it was very unpleasant.'' (1998)

#ladyaislinn #rufus #sewell #rufussewell rufus #rufussewell

[tempi-dispari]

New Post has been published on https://www.tempi-dispari.it/2024/01/26/maverix-cowpunk-dautore/

MaveriX, cowpunk d'autore

Fondete Cramps, Blink182, Ramones con un pizzico di psychobilly e una spruzzata di southern rock, Indicativamente, la miscela che otterrete saranno i MaveriX e il loro Cowpunk. Nome nomen, dicevano i latini, e mai come in questo caso, il detto è più che calzante. Cowpunk è il solo termine che possa davvero descrivere l’opera dei nostri. Nonostante la giovane età come band, i Maverix sono riusciti a produrre un disco maturo, senza incertezze, con le idee ben chiare.

Quella che domina è la ‘semplice’ voglia di suonare. Al di là dei limiti di genere. Brani diretti, saltellanti, con moltissimo groove e ritornelli assassini. In poco meno di tre minuti di durata, le canzoni riescono a coinvolgere, a trascinare l’ascoltatore. Obiettivo non semplice da ottenere. Quello che colpisce è anche l’eterogeneità del cd. Ora più punk, poi più psychobilly, più il là countryeggiante. Un prodotto solare, estivo, da party sulla spiaggia o serata scatenata in un pub. I cori, dal retrogusto Oi, portano ad una visione live perfetta. Tecnicamente non vediamo funambolismi. Mancano virtuosismi.

Ma c’è, in ogni caso, una perfetta padronanza degli strumenti e, soprattutto, del songwriting. I Maverix sono più che in grado di scrivere ottimi brani. Ogni canzone fa storia a sé. L’intro strumentale 8.6 è un brano teso, dominato da un andamento ritmato con chitarre crunch e basso in evidenza. Un connubio tra rockabilly e country. Con Josh Brolin si cambia atmosfera. Si fa sentire maggiormente l’anima più southern punk con ritornellone aperto.

La seguente Saddest of the bar è un omaggio al deserto, alla polvere, al country western d’autore. Ottimo il lavoro della voce che sa adattarsi perfettamente ad ogni contesto, oltre ad essere perfettamente inserita. Dopo una partenza cadenzata, il brano evolve aumentando la velocità e alternando i due momenti. Nessuna distorsione ipercompressa. I suoni sono sempre intellegibili. Spaghetty Hymn è un innegabile omaggio a Moricone. Arpeggio iniziale con tanto si fischio che introduce il riff portante. Accompagnamento minimale per sostenere l’atmosfera generale da Il buono il brutto il cattivo.

Finale esplosivo con un coro Oi da urlare a squarciagola. Cigar and Guns parte in accelerata per poi dare spazio ad un mid tempo carico di groove. Spezza il brano un momento psychobilly che reintroduce la strofa prima del finale in corsa. House in the mountains mette assieme il rock and roll degli anni 50 con il punk rock e il country. Sempre saltellante. Sweet Alberta è il brano più variegato.

Inizio in arpeggio crunch che lascia spazio ad una melodia che resta subito in testa dal sapore punk anni 90. Il ritmo si trasforma ancora sul finale tornando all’arpeggio iniziale. 2022 When september ends richiama alla memoria gli australiani Hard Ons per la melodia. Punk rock veloce e molto radiofonico. Il disco chiude con To the alps. Basso in primo piano con le chitarre che accentano i passaggi. La struttura si riequilibra sul ritornello. A dominare è in ogni caso la melodia del cantato. Mai ulrato, senmpre ben dosato, intenso quando serve, sguaiato quanto basta.

Concludendo. Ottimo disco carico di groove questo dei Maverix. Per essere un’opera prima è più che matura, bilanciata, perfettamente prodotta. I suoni scelti danno il giusto risalto alle canzoni.

Un disco consigliato a tutti. Da chi ha voglia di divertirsi ascoltando musica a chi è in cerca di connubi non usuali.