DISASTER FUNHOUSE / HOODED - Split (2012)
Alternative
Label/Distribution | Ancaman Production | Quiet Still Dead Records
The
only reason why I bought this CD was Disaster Funhouse, a local household name
in Malaysian HC scene, making a comeback after God knows how many years of
hiatus. Boy, was I in for a treat, Disaster Funhouse did not disappoint. This
CD contains 13 songs with Hooded, an excellent HC band from Bandung, Indonesia,
contributing 7 songs while the remaining 6 were contributed by Disaster
Funhouse. Hooded played angry, old school with a bit of touch of modern HC while
DF maintained their signature NYHC Warzone-esque brand of HC. Heavy, fast,
straight to your face old School HC, the way it should be played. According to
the sleeve, the songs which were featured in this CD were recorded way back in
2004. I do not know why, DF chose not to release this fine piece of music back
then, but I am glad they chose to release it anyway. It came with a nice
gatefold sleeve and a lyric sheet, complete with English explanations about
each of the songs featured. Highly recommended. Email the labels at: ancamanfanzine@yahoo.com or anakmuda@gmail.com or quietstilldeadrecords@yahoo.com
THE EVERYDAY – Globalisasi Retromodlist
CD (?)
Youth
Culture Records
Retro
rock. The one band that came to mind when I first listened to this 4 piece of a
band is The Times, especially the lazy vocal parts. The lyrics were a bit
cheesy, not really to my liking, although the music is moderately decent. Oh,
one more thing, get a real drummer, boys.
BACTERIOSTATIC - Demo (2012)
Self
released
Bacteriostatic
ia a new three piece melodic punk rock outfit from Kulai, Johor. This demo
contains 8 highly infectious and well written melodic punk rock tunes. The
lyrics mostly talks about friendship, trendies and humanity. The quality of the
sound is decent, with the bass is high on the mix while the drums were a bit at
the back. I can barely listen to the sound of the bass drums. But all in all,
this band has a high sense of melody that I can tell. The CDR demo came with a
lyric sheet. Email the band at d_maggot_crusher@yahoo.com.my
SOUL SAVIOR - Punk My Ride CD (2010)
Nervhous
Records
This
CD was released in 2010 so it is quite an old release. First look at the band’s
logo I seriously thought that this was a heavy/power metal band or some shit,
but no, Soul Savior is a chilled out melodic punk rock band from Patin rock
city of Temerloh Pahang.
Less the vocals, the band plays this chilled out punk rock tunes in the veins
of NOFX, Propagandhi and Bad Religion. I kept mentioning chilled out, right?
That was due to the way the singer sang their songs; chilled and relaxed,
despite the fast and energetic blistering punk rock music that he is singing
to. Kind of like Chris Cornell. The CD contains 8 highly melodic ear candies with
lyrics about having fun and poetic interpretation of life with little pokes on
modern day ideological nonsense here and there. Seriously, I had fun reading
the lyrics. The words crafted for Running Out of Life and Romanticizing the
Revolution were some deep and heavy poetic shits, man. The sound quality is
very good even though the bass is barely audible. Maybe a couple of notch up on
the treble knot would do the trick. The guitars were clean despite the never
ending buzzsaw activities through out the CD. This CD is enjoyable. One listen
and I am already humming the riffs. If you like MTV Punk rock, then you will
want to give this band a listen. Contact the band at www.facebook.com/soulsavior
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