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Who would believe that Millencolin have been going
for 15 years now, that’s quite impressive,
in the 15 years the band have gone on and released
8 albums, 3 EP's and many different singles, the
band have also kept the same lineup throughout the
whole time that they have been together which is
some achievement as most bands would of had the
odd line up change in a 15 year period.
The latest Millencolin album 'Machine 15', marks
15 years of the band being together and is one
of the best albums Millencolin have released in
years, over the years their music hasn’t
changed that much they have always been about
writing fast punk rock songs, when the band started
out there music was a bit harder and darker than
what it is nowadays but you can’t blame
a band for getting poppier the older they get.
'Machine 15' is a fast paced radio friendly album
that has been produced really well.
The album starts in such a strong way with the
title track 'Machine 15', the song is big, fast
and really poppy, but quite stomping at the same
time, this is Millencolin at its best and is one
of the biggest highlights from the album, but
don’t worry, from me saying this is one
of the main highlights doesn’t mean that
the album goes down hill from here as it’s
far from that.
'Done Is Done' is another strong song, it has
a really big sound and has some really good guitar
work with some big string arrangements towards
the middle of the song, the song has a real mature
feel about it.
The lead single from 'Machine 15' is 'Detox',
now the song is good but is a little too poppy
from what I would expect from Millencolin, it
has that Busted meets Mcfly radio friendly feel
about it and is too squeaky clean and overproduced
to fully enjoy and it sounds like Millencolin
made this song and chose to release it as a single
in hope of attracting an all new fan base.
There are many top tracks on 'Machine 15' such
as 'Vicious Circle, 'Who's Laughing Now', 'Brand
New Game' and 'Route One', each and every one
of these tracks are so listenable and easy to
get into. 'Vicious Circle' sounds quite grown
up and has a killer chant along chorus. 'Who's
Laughing Now' is quite an interesting song it’s
about the critics slating their band and that
they are now laughing all the way to the bank,
to be honest it’s quite a strange thing
for a band to write a song about, and Millencolin
do have bollocks to be able to right a song about
this, the song is really strong sounding and one
of the best songs on the album. 'Brand New Game'
is a fast guitar driven punk rock tune that Millencolin
manage to execute perfectly. 'Route One' is right
up there with the album title track as one of
the best songs on the album, the guitars are huge
sounding and the drum beats are pretty impressive
as well and frontman Nikola Sarcevic's vocals
are at there best.
The album finishes with 'End Piece', the track
isn’t a song as such it’s more just
a piece of noise that runs for just over a minute
sounding like some machine operating, before that
fades out and some fuzzy soundscapes end the album
in an odd way.
Fans of Millencolin will without a doubt love
'Machine 15', it is the best album offering since
their album back in 2000 'Pennybridge Pioneers'
and this is there 3rd album since then so I am
pretty sure it will be welcomed by the bands fans
with arms wide open. I do wonder how after 15
years of killer tracks and albums from Millencolin
that they are still not one of the most popular
and successful punk bands in the world, they have
the material but they just don’t have the
huge backing that some bands have got over the
years, but saying that Millencolin are the most
successful punk band from Sweden and always will
be in my opinion.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Nikola Sarcevic (Vocals, Bass)
Mathias Färm (Guitar)
Fredrik Larzon (Drums)
Erik Ohlsson (Guitar) |
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1. Machine 15
2. Done Is Done
3. Detox
4. Vicious Circle
5. Broken World
6. Come On
7. Centerpiece
8. Who's Laughing Now
9. Brand New Game
10. Ducks & Drakes
11. Turnkey Paradise
12. Route One
13. Danger For Stranger
14. Saved By Hell
15. End Piece |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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