Tag: punkrock
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Bishops Green – Black Skies EP (Pirates Press Records)
Pirates Press Records are unstoppable this year. Just look at the impressive amount of records they put out since the beginning of 2022, and you’ll realize there are not so many punk rock labels putting out vinyl records like that nowadays. So far, Thoughts Words Action has covered the vast majority, if not all of…
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Booze & Glory – The Reggae Sessions Vol. 2. 12″ EP (Pirates Press Records)
Here’s another good release, recently released by Pirates Press Records. I was pleasantly surprised when this vinyl arrived at Thoughts Words Action headquarters. Since 2009, Booze & Glory paved their path to punk stardom, and their music is widely known to the international streetpunk crowd. There’s more than a good reason for their success. In…
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Territories – When The Day Is Done CD EP (Pirates Press)
Territories are a punk rock quartet commencing from Calgary, Alberta. The band started in 2015 when four friends reunited to perform sincere punk rock music to the broader audiences. All four members were previously involved in Knucklehead, a western Canadian group that has been around since 1994 and left behind an impressive discography after twenty…
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X – Alphabetland LP (Fat Possum Records)
The Los Angeles punk rock legends are back with a new album called Alphabetland. X commences in an original line up comprised of Exene Cervenka on vocals, John Doe on vocals/bass, Billy Zoom on guitar, and DJ Bonebrake on drums, so the band sounds better than ever. This initial sonic constellation performs together again after…
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Blacked Out – Wasted Breath 12″ EP (Thousand Islands Records)
Blacked Out is basically four guys who know each other for years, and they’ve decided to start a band profoundly inspired by the music they’ve been listening for ages. This Vancouver, BC based band has been active for a while. They’ve treated melodic punk rock fans with Life Beyond The Line EP and a debut…
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Autarch – The Light Escaping LP (The Plague of Man Records / Replenish Records / Profane Existence)
The Light Escaping is a brand new cosmic voyage by the Autarch, a wondrous neo-crust punk band hailing from Asheville, North Carolina. The band has been formed in 2010. and has published a decent amount of impressive records such as Self-Titled CD, The Death Of Actiacus LP/CS, and split LP’s with Soothsayer and Landbridge. The…
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Fakofbolan – …Ako Ne Možeš Napraviti Sam, Bar Pokvari Drugome LP (PDV Records)
Seven years have passed since these legendary Croatian punk rockers have published …Ako Ne Možeš Napraviti Sam, Bar Pokvari Nekome, but in my honest opinion, this material still deserves a proper review. To be fair, it’s nearly impossible to even start a conversation about the Balkan punk rock scene and not to mention Fakofbolan. They’ve…
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Fake News – Break The Silence EP
Fake News are returning with the highly anticipated recording called Break The Silence. Unlike their previous album sympathetically called Ewwww!, the band has chosen to offer extended play material comprised of four enormously dynamic compositions. Break The Silence commences with a very energetic tune named In The Grind Pit that bursts magnificent shreddings from all…
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Downstater – Mourning Vibes II CD (People Of Punk Rock Records)
It’s hard to explain how I felt when I heard this material for the first time. I guess it was a love at the first sight, mainly because Downstater is unlike any other melodic punk rock band on the contemporary melodic punk rock scene. To be honest, I was not familiar with their music until…
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Deafness By Noise – Roots Baby Roots LP (PDV Records)
Deafness By Noise came a long way from a regional band to a touring machine acknowledged by a worldwide hardcore punk scene. The band has commenced in 1991, so it’s been 29 years since their development and the band seems better than ever. They’ve recorded dozen of albums, toured with a pack of legendary bands…
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Scarecrow – Revenge EP (Bunker Punks Discs & Tapes)
North Carolina’s finest d-beaters are coming back with another blistering record simplistically named Revenge. This time these Raleigh punks gathered eight bone-crushing compositions full of fast-paced drumming, crunchy basslines, and clamorous shreddings. For those who are not familiar with Scarecrow’s sound, the band nurtures a very disruptive approach to d-beat music that has been saturated…
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Disaster Forecast – Another Day, Another Disaster EP
Disaster Forecast is coming out of Sheffield, UK and somehow I’ve missed their latest recording called Another Day, Another Disaster that was published last year in their production. According to Discogs, this is a debut recording by these astonishing melodic punk rockers and surprisingly a brilliant one. Disaster Forecast delivers technically demanding energetic melodic hardcore…
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