FC Five ali na dolgo Final Countdown Five so mlad bedn iz Japonske, ki preigrava naspidiran in emocionalen hardcore. Zvenijo kot nekakšno križanje old school z new school hardcorom, kjer uleti še močna doza emocionalnosti, ter okusna punkrock melodičnost. Ko sem jih prvič poslušal, me je skoraj odneslo od vse te privlačnosti in energije, ki ju komadi izžarevajo. S kričanjem, ki se občasno približa petju, privlačnimi melodijami po vsej sobi, in hitrim bobnanjem, ustvarijo pravo čutno živahnost, ki te vedno znova spravi v dobro voljo, pa naj bo zunaj še tako grdo vreme. Če bi jih že moral s kom primerjati, bi bili to brez dvoma njihovi rojaki 1000 Travels of Jawaharlal. Vsi komadi so bili pred časom že izdani, saj gre za re-release, ki ga krasi novi ovitek in pa trije komadi iz demo časov kot bonus. Med e.p. in demo komadi so postavili dolg, preveč dolg (+11 min) noise vložek iz katerega se v zadnjih minutah celo izcini eden njihovih demo komadov, ki pa niso tako prepričljivi kot prva polovica zgoščenke. Ni tiste privlačnosti, in nekako so se še iskali med old school in new school hardcorom. Vesel sem, da jim je pozneje na e.p.-ju uspelo najti tisto pravo pot. Besedila so osebne narave a so polna slovničnih napak in tudi v celoti ne kaj preveč zanimiva. Tu jim še malce šepa, ampak glasbeno so zelo prepričljivi, zlasti z novejšimi komadi. Če bi bili iz amerike bi bili v hipu popularni. (09/04/04)

English Version:
FC Five or longer Final Countdown Five is a young band from Japan playing fast and emotional brand of hardcore. They sound lika a cross of old school and new school hardcore with strong emphasis on emotional and punkrock melodiousness. When I heard them for the first time I was totally blown away by all this catchiness and energy these songs radiate. With screaming vocal that sometimes almost turn into singing, catchy melodies all over the room and high speed drumming they create a touching vividness that always put me in a good mood no matter how bad the weather outside is. If I had to compare them with someone it would definitely be their fellow kinsmans 1000 Travels of Jawaharlal. All the songs inhere have been released before since we're dealing with re-release, but this time they have a different lay-out and additional 3 songs from demo times. Between e.p. and demo songs there's a long, way too long (+11 min) noise track transfered in the last few minutes into one of their demo songs. Those songs are not as convincing as the ones on e.p., though. They defenitely lack some catchiness/ fullness and I have a feeling like they were walking between old school and new school hardcore not knowing exactly how to combine both perfectly. Now I'm glad they found the right way with e.p. songs. Lyrics deal with personal issues but their grammar is bad and therefore everything fall into the water. Ok, so they have some work to do here but musicaly they're very convincing, especialy with new material. If they were from the states they would be popular in no time. (09/04/04)