SUNDAY OCT 27, 2019
Hell & Back
mmense Bodenständigkeit, fernab von ego-pushendem Twitter-Game und einem ausgeprägtem Karrieredenken. Keine sinnlosen Status- Vergleiche mit den Nachbarn, eine positive Grundeinstellung und immer auch eine gehörige Portion Stressfreiheit. (Lars, Trust)
Das Stuttgarter Emo-Punk-Quartett mit seinem zweiten Studioalbum auf FOND OF LIFE. HELL & BACK sind seit 2010 aktiv, schon ihr Demo aus demselben Jahr wurde später als 7’-Vinyl wiederveröffentlicht, und mit dem ersten Album ‘Heartattack’ (2014) rollte die Band ihren kernigen Emo-Punkrock im Stil von Bands wie LIFETIME erstmals in voller Länge aus. ‘Slowlife’ knüpft konsequent an die Qualitäten an, für die die Schwaben in der Szene bereits geschätzt sind: hochmelodische, raffinert inszenierte Songs, die dennoch rau und impulsiv wirken, tolle Arrangements und der oftmals mehrstimmige Gesang. Kalifornischer Punkrock ist hier genau so Blaupause, wie auch HOT WATER MUSIC und IRON CHIC sicher nicht an dieser Band vorbeigegangen sind. Mit diesen zwölf Songs machen die Mittdreißiger klar, dass sie zu den profiliertesten hiesigen Vertretern des ‘Gainesville-Punkrocks’ zählen. LP mit Downloadcode. (Broken Silence)
Video "Nailed it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNdaY_kNGrU
Video "Jinx"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEgVuzLpwrA
Video "Negative Adjectives"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6IudzB6jM
Video "Couch Sematary"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1P0EGSnaY
Video "Reversed Psychology"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SrUSJo6c4
Video "Now Hell(o)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRodeAwlQfE
„Slowlife“ CD/LP Reviews:
„Ich liebe den satten Sound, der trotzdem noch eine gesunde Portion Dreck drin hat. Hell & Back katapultieren sich mit diesem Album noch weiter an die Speerspitze der deutschen Punkszene. Slowlife ist ganz großes Kino!“. (Steff, Crossed Letters)
„HELL & BACK haben jenes Beginner-Stadium längst verdrängt, springen lieber im Quadrat als aufs Trittbrett und punkten mit einer für deutsche Bands noch eher raren Charaktereigenschaft: Authentizität.“ (Moppi, Allschools)
„Hell & Back liefern seit Jahren auf internationalem Niveau ab und und können mit weitaus gehypteren OrgCore- und Melodic Punk-Bands wie Nothington, Banner Pilot oder Off With Their Heads mehr als nur mithalten“ (Lars, Trust)
"Heartattack" CD/LP Reviews:
(nur die richtig guten, is klar ne ;-))
http://www.partyausfall.de/review-hell-and-back-heartattack-1839.html
http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/91371/reviews.207.html
http://borderlinefuckup.com/2014/03/02/hell-back-heartattack-fond-of-life-records/
mmense Bodenständigkeit, fernab von ego-pushendem Twitter-Game und einem ausgeprägtem Karrieredenken. Keine sinnlosen Status- Vergleiche mit den Nachbarn, eine positive Grundeinstellung und immer auch eine gehörige Portion Stressfreiheit. (Lars, Trust)
Das Stuttgarter Emo-Punk-Quartett mit seinem zweiten Studioalbum auf FOND OF LIFE. HELL & BACK sind seit 2010 aktiv, schon ihr Demo aus demselben Jahr wurde später als 7’-Vinyl wiederveröffentlicht, und mit dem ersten Album ‘Heartattack’ (2014) rollte die Band ihren kernigen Emo-Punkrock im Stil von Bands wie LIFETIME erstmals in voller Länge aus. ‘Slowlife’ knüpft konsequent an die Qualitäten an, für die die Schwaben in der Szene bereits geschätzt sind: hochmelodische, raffinert inszenierte Songs, die dennoch rau und impulsiv wirken, tolle Arrangements und der oftmals mehrstimmige Gesang. Kalifornischer Punkrock ist hier genau so Blaupause, wie auch HOT WATER MUSIC und IRON CHIC sicher nicht an dieser Band vorbeigegangen sind. Mit diesen zwölf Songs machen die Mittdreißiger klar, dass sie zu den profiliertesten hiesigen Vertretern des ‘Gainesville-Punkrocks’ zählen. LP mit Downloadcode. (Broken Silence)
Video "Nailed it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNdaY_kNGrU
Video "Jinx"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEgVuzLpwrA
Video "Negative Adjectives"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6IudzB6jM
Video "Couch Sematary"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1P0EGSnaY
Video "Reversed Psychology"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SrUSJo6c4
Video "Now Hell(o)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRodeAwlQfE
„Slowlife“ CD/LP Reviews:
„Ich liebe den satten Sound, der trotzdem noch eine gesunde Portion Dreck drin hat. Hell & Back katapultieren sich mit diesem Album noch weiter an die Speerspitze der deutschen Punkszene. Slowlife ist ganz großes Kino!“. (Steff, Crossed Letters)
„HELL & BACK haben jenes Beginner-Stadium längst verdrängt, springen lieber im Quadrat als aufs Trittbrett und punkten mit einer für deutsche Bands noch eher raren Charaktereigenschaft: Authentizität.“ (Moppi, Allschools)
„Hell & Back liefern seit Jahren auf internationalem Niveau ab und und können mit weitaus gehypteren OrgCore- und Melodic Punk-Bands wie Nothington, Banner Pilot oder Off With Their Heads mehr als nur mithalten“ (Lars, Trust)
"Heartattack" CD/LP Reviews:
(nur die richtig guten, is klar ne ;-))
http://www.partyausfall.de/review-hell-and-back-heartattack-1839.html
http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/91371/reviews.207.html
http://borderlinefuckup.com/2014/03/02/hell-back-heartattack-fond-of-life-records/
Forever Unclean
Reconciler
Considering the lineup, you’d think Reconciler would be garnering a fair amount of attention, but it’s not exactly as if the Atlanta four-piece have been shouting their existence from the rooftops. Conceived early this year by local punk troubadour Joseph Lazzari and bassist Derron Nuhfer (Gunmoll, Less Than Jake), the group has been content to remain in remain in relative anonymity as they slowly fleshed out their lineup and collaborated on new material. In fact, if it weren’t for some fortuitous circumstances, the pair might still be locked into that process and the band as it stands today would not exist. “We spent the spring writing and putting demos together casually until I mentioned having a solo slot booked on a Drag the River show,” Lazzari reveals via email. “Derron suggested that we play the show as a band and within three and a half weeks weeks we had ensnared Kelsey [Wilson] and Kyle [Bryant] and worked out a set of material that evolved into what we are right in front of us.” Bolstered by the success of the show, the group has spent the subsequent months refining that first batch of songs and getting to know one another as musicians. Although Lazzari and Nufher had spent much of the year collaborating and building chemistry with one another, it wasn’t until Wilson (All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Anchor Bends) came aboard on drums and Bryant added his considerable talents on guitar that the music truly gelled and the group was able to begin carving their aesthetic identity. What that identity is exactly remains to be seen as the band continues to work on their debut release, but if their first single is any indication, you can expect plenty of scrappy, blue-collar screeds and fist-pumping anthems in Reconciler’s future. Given the title, perhaps it’s no coincidence the songs sounds conspicuously old-fashioned, but in this case familiarity should not be equated with predictability or staidness. Lazzari has always been a gifted storyteller, and the band’s rousing riffs and full-throttle energy help provide his heart-on-sleeve lyrics the cathartic sting they need to resonate beyond a few mindless playbacks. For Lazzari, the experience of playing in a new band has been a rejuvenative one, and that feeling of restoration has led to ample soul-searching. “I felt like I might be done with playing music all together before this project got rolling,” he confesses. “On a deeper level, Reconciler is about finding common ground and acceptance between the labels that define us. It’s about finding comfort existing in the grey. I’m a painter, a punk musician, a sculptor, a country singer, a designer, a furniture maker, a guitar player, and at the same time I’m none of those. Each one would take a lifetime to master on their own. I’ve got to be comfortable existing somewhere in the middle of it all. If Reconciler, the band, could be a symbol of one thing I’d hope it would represent being honest to oneself.” -Immersive Atlanta
Considering the lineup, you’d think Reconciler would be garnering a fair amount of attention, but it’s not exactly as if the Atlanta four-piece have been shouting their existence from the rooftops. Conceived early this year by local punk troubadour Joseph Lazzari and bassist Derron Nuhfer (Gunmoll, Less Than Jake), the group has been content to remain in remain in relative anonymity as they slowly fleshed out their lineup and collaborated on new material. In fact, if it weren’t for some fortuitous circumstances, the pair might still be locked into that process and the band as it stands today would not exist. “We spent the spring writing and putting demos together casually until I mentioned having a solo slot booked on a Drag the River show,” Lazzari reveals via email. “Derron suggested that we play the show as a band and within three and a half weeks weeks we had ensnared Kelsey [Wilson] and Kyle [Bryant] and worked out a set of material that evolved into what we are right in front of us.” Bolstered by the success of the show, the group has spent the subsequent months refining that first batch of songs and getting to know one another as musicians. Although Lazzari and Nufher had spent much of the year collaborating and building chemistry with one another, it wasn’t until Wilson (All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Anchor Bends) came aboard on drums and Bryant added his considerable talents on guitar that the music truly gelled and the group was able to begin carving their aesthetic identity. What that identity is exactly remains to be seen as the band continues to work on their debut release, but if their first single is any indication, you can expect plenty of scrappy, blue-collar screeds and fist-pumping anthems in Reconciler’s future. Given the title, perhaps it’s no coincidence the songs sounds conspicuously old-fashioned, but in this case familiarity should not be equated with predictability or staidness. Lazzari has always been a gifted storyteller, and the band’s rousing riffs and full-throttle energy help provide his heart-on-sleeve lyrics the cathartic sting they need to resonate beyond a few mindless playbacks. For Lazzari, the experience of playing in a new band has been a rejuvenative one, and that feeling of restoration has led to ample soul-searching. “I felt like I might be done with playing music all together before this project got rolling,” he confesses. “On a deeper level, Reconciler is about finding common ground and acceptance between the labels that define us. It’s about finding comfort existing in the grey. I’m a painter, a punk musician, a sculptor, a country singer, a designer, a furniture maker, a guitar player, and at the same time I’m none of those. Each one would take a lifetime to master on their own. I’ve got to be comfortable existing somewhere in the middle of it all. If Reconciler, the band, could be a symbol of one thing I’d hope it would represent being honest to oneself.” -Immersive Atlanta
Hunger Anthem
Hunger Anthem is an indie power rock trio hailing from Athens, Georgia.
"(Cut the Chord) bursts with urgency and is packed with jaw-droppingly great tunefulness."
Flagpole Magazine
"The band clamber through the bluster and slice to the heart of the song, emerging bloody, triumphant and richer. Quick, sudden, painless – stripped down and lean, Hunger Anthem are a short, sharp reminder of when rock was allowed to be solely about the song, the buzz, the feel."
ANBAD (UK)
"Hunger Anthem: the whole reason that DIY still matters."
RetroLowFi
Hunger Anthem is an indie power rock trio hailing from Athens, Georgia.
"(Cut the Chord) bursts with urgency and is packed with jaw-droppingly great tunefulness."
Flagpole Magazine
"The band clamber through the bluster and slice to the heart of the song, emerging bloody, triumphant and richer. Quick, sudden, painless – stripped down and lean, Hunger Anthem are a short, sharp reminder of when rock was allowed to be solely about the song, the buzz, the feel."
ANBAD (UK)
"Hunger Anthem: the whole reason that DIY still matters."
RetroLowFi