MASSHYSTERI- S/T

This is swedish and much like their international hockey team's jerseys, landscapes and educational system, it rules.

Masshysteri formed out of the breakup of punk masters The Vicious and lets just say that not a whole lot changed! We should consider ourselves so lucky that we have more of this fast-riffing and snottier than a communal handkerchief punk! This time around though, instead of having those hard-driving songs like 'The Pigs' the band has favoured an approach that... well... ok so this sounds like the Vicious mixed with the Wipers (and I don't use this comparison lightly!)

Again, its swedish so if you like No Hope for the Kids, Gorilla Angreb or yeah, The Vicious, then this is definitely for you!

p.s. All songs are sung in swedish. Normally that would turn some off BUT I urge you! the melodies are so awesome that you won't even realize it.

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GOOD LUCK- INTO LAKE GRIFFY

Whew. Its been awhile. Back in school and loathing life once again, save for guitar, video games and playoff baseball. Anyhoo, I promise the posts will return to their former consistency! I just got lazy these last few months

To kick things off is Minneapolis' Good Luck. Two guys, a girl and a pop-punk record that isn't afraid to get a little dancey, a little noodley or really fucking cute. This is not any Dillinger Four, Gunmoll 'I-like-beer-and-bros-and-bitching-about-women-who-won't-put-out' pop-punk. This is pop-punk for lovers. Definitely has a persistent beat and some good rocking-out but the guitar is so damn melodic and almost clean that it steers away from some of the genre's macho tendencies. Staying true to their Minny roots, they do a cover of Prince's 'When You Were Mine' on their demo!

but this isn't the demo... This is a whole album of sugary, guitary, wimpy sap and I love it

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