Young Widows - In And Out Of Youth And Lightness (2011)

I love this record. Right after saying so, i can write almost whatever i want cause you already know i'd STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to get this album, no matter what, so well it's bla bla and bla bla here and bla bla there.
No, seriously. Here we have the third nomination for Best-of-2011-record. This album is solid, mature, with no mistake at all. Surely, best release so far for YW from Louisville, KY. Yeah, it's kinda different from their previous stuff, both Settle Down City and Old Wounds (needless to say, they really don't have anything more in common with Breather Resist but their guitarist, huh!): here, we have LOADS less Jesus Lizard-alike guitar works and LOADS more blues, creating something i'd mark as really new and outstanding, without being too experimental or pointless or unlistenable or whatever (well, this doesn't utterly overcome the old records, which i still think are awesome and not pointless or unlilstenable or whatever). Evan Patterson is also quitting the typical postpunk recited/bored style vocals and turning into something more melodic and more personal.
I have to admit that now Young Widows is definitely in my top five active bands, so let me just STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to get this album, no matter what, so try it and then buy it.
And oh, this video is cool!

Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (2011)

Another long awaited album which is in competition for "Best of 2011". Damn, it's really too tough to choose, but well, i still have 7 months to decide.
Anyway, this a huuuuge rock opera, another masterpiece, the hardcore punk version of Quadrophenia, the fast-paced version of Tommy, the whatever version of whatever. 18 (EIGHTEEN!!) tracks telling the sad story of David, falling in and out of love. I mean, sad enough to make anyone weep. But still, this record is EPIC, maybe too epic, so epic that it might be the soundtrack for dunno, the Champions League final. Even if Fucked Up is no longer the punk version of Oasis (well, let's say it, The Chemistry Of Common Life had some really Oasis-alike riffs), but maybe even more epic: my brother said that now they sound more like the punk version of Cast, but damn, that's not true, i mean, i'm one of the few lads who ACTUALLY liked Cast (come on, i was 13!), but still i guess that such a comparison is not really erhmm...positive. But well, i can hear some Jam influence here and there, cool!

Unfortunately, i had to upload it in two parts, cause i still think it's kinda foolish to pay mediafire to get a premium account.
So here you can try it (no you can't) and here you should buy it.

Cave In - White Silence (2011)

Pretty highly announced and long awaited. Five years from their last full length...i mean FIVE years! Cause Planets Of Old (2009 ep) was too short and actually left me in need of something more.
I won't waste time telling you who Cave In is, you MUST know it. And anyway, this is their blabla full length album, but still, the ep's or so called ep's have a great meaning in their discography, which i could find the will to post someday soon or later.
Anyway, this record is actually some sorta masterpiece and i'll easily file it in the best-of-2011 list, probably 1st place (the competition is tough though, as the new Fucked Up should be awesome too and Young Widows put out their best stuff so far). I'm not really super partes as i'm a great fan, but who cares.
9 songs and not a single one is boring or sorta, such a various songwriting that makes the record flow so easily. I could even recognize the different authors of each song, as there are some mellow moments which could have been on a Steve Brodsky album.

But all said and done you just have to love it and then buy it.

NEW RECORDS

It's way too long since i've been writing here, but whatever...there's only one country between Finland anch China!

Anyway, looks like i need to save money for two new releases, c'est a dire the new Cave In and the new Fucked Up and at least one is a double LP, which means they're gonna be expensive! Dammit!

http://soundcloud.com/hydra-head-records/cave-in-sing-my-loves

Unfortunately, no preview yet for Fucked Up.

Fall Of Efrafa Discography

Looks like i'm carrying it on just to post stuff on demand, this took actually TOO long, but here is as requested by someone: FULL FOE DISCOGRAPHY!

Anyway, useless to say, great blackened crust or-whatever-you-want-to-call-it hardcore, getting way slower with the passing of releases.

Ah and...yes, the name is taken from Watership Down...

Owsla - 2006: http://www.mediafire.com/?zwdzygmngnf

Elil - 2007: http://www.mediafire.com/?zym410dz2zh

Split w/ Down To Agony - 2007: http://www.mediafire.com/?zdajmhientn

Tharn - 2008: http://www.mediafire.com/?qng2djemwit

Inlé - 2009: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2enj1igxuj

Stove Bredsky - The Black Ribbon Award

Starting the new year with an old record, how un-hypy! I don't even know exactly WHEN this was released, but who cares. This is one of the many solo releases by Stephen Brodsky, of Cave In's fame, but as he's totally not an average everyday normal guy, he changed his name to Stove Bredsky, just to drive us (the faithfull fans) completely mad.

As his other solo records, this is still psychedelic, acid driven pop, but less acoustic oriented. Unfortunately, this record doesn't contain "Lima Bean" which is probably Steve's best song ever (btw, if ANYONE has it on mp3, i'd pay in hummous for years!), but still, it has some sweet sweet hits you won't forget for ages.

Definitely, give it a try, but i actually have no clue about where you could buy it.

David Sandström - Om det inte händer nåt innan imorgon så kommer jag

For anybody who doesn't know (and actually there's A LOT of people who don't know), David Sandström was the drummer of one of the best and best known hardcore bands: they were called REFUSED (ringing bell!).

But this record has nothing to do with them. Well, you might hear some of the progressive influences that you could find on "The Shape Of Punk To Come", but THIS is just rock, and of a classic kind, with some sorta "themes" reccourring frmo time to time during the whole record. I don't bother listing any possible reference cause it's TOTALLY useless, just download it as you're doing no wrong to David and his label, cause this record is long sold out.

Aaaand... whoa! it's sung in Swedish!

Download here: go to the "musik" link and there you find it all. Check out the rest of the site, it's cool!