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Lockjaw Records is a label that has a bit of a hit
or miss effect, the bands on their label are either
really good or are really bad, there is not normally
any in between. I have just come across the new
album from the labels latest signings The Why Not?,
and wow I am blown away with how good the album
is.
The Why Not? are a band from Bologna, they formed
in 2003 and are influenced by bands such as The
Ataris, The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, Foo
Fighters, Funeral For A Friend and many more melodic
style heavy rock bands, you can clearly spot these
influences whilst listening to the bands new album
'Lifetime Calendar' it’s one hell of an
explosive rock album that’s crying out to
be heard.
The album starts with a short instrumental introduction
with a bit of spoken word and then it suddenly
kicks off into 'Lifetime Calendar', which comes
at you with speeds of 100mph with the constant
heavy sounding guitar riffs, big lead vocals and
even bigger and more melodic backing vocals. The
real fun starts with 'Drama Polaroid' the shouty
vocals of "This is a comedown" really
remind me of Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters
vocal style, in fact the whole song has a big
Foo Fighters feeling about it, the chorus is kick
arse and the more melodic feel of the song fits
in well, before the song has finished you will
find yourself singing "Life’s a drama,
Life’s a drama" around in your head.
'Forever And A Day' follows on from the greatness
of the previous song but instead of being a big
rocking song, this song is an infectious slice
of poppy punk, it has a really catchy Ataris style
guitar riff and bouncy bass lines and overall
is a big melodic sing along tune that’s
so infectious you won’t be getting the words
of this song out of your head in a hurry.
The next song 'Porcelain' follows on with a seriously
energetic piece of drumming, the guitar riffs
are fast and chunky sounding, the song also features
guest vocals from Sandro Amabili, I’m not
quite sure who he really is but I’m guessing
he is an Italian singer, either way he is talented
at what he does and helps beef the song up a bit,
but as I said earlier it’s the drumming
that proper kicks arse here.
The Why Not? are a band that brings the sounds
of some of my favourite bands and helps use that
along with their own ideas to come up with their
own unique sound and it’s paid off really
well here on their new album 'Lifetime Calendar',
The Why Not? may have been on the scene since
2003, but this is the first the UK have ever heard
of the band, well unless anyone took a holiday
to Italy and managed to check them out, anyway
these guys must of worked hard over the past 5
years in order to get the strong sound they have
now and also pen an 13 track album that’s
of such a high quality.
It’s easy to say that The Why Not? are
the best band that I have ever heard come out
of Italy but to be honest I haven’t really
come across many Italian bands in my time, The
Why Not? are a band that I think everyone needs
in their life, I can’t wait for them to
head to the UK for some live shows, I will definitely
be first in the queue to check them out.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Cele (Vocals)
Emi (Guitar)
Checco (Guitar)
Steve (Bass)
Ale (Drums) |
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1. Intro
2. Lifetime Calendar
3. Drama Polaroid
4. Forever And A Day
5. Porcelain
6. Up the Creek
7. Virginia
8. The Latest Tragedy
9. Perfect
10. Clean, ...Today!
11. Disaster Coming
12. Glorify The Night
13. Hidden / Bonus Track |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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