HARDSELL - ''Braking the jaw'' CD
Genere: punk, punkrock
Mark
: 6/10
Label: I Scream Records
Year: 2002
Length: 12 tracks - 30:29 min
Link: Hardsell
Mp3: Gonna die tonight
Favourite Tracks: ''Can't win 'em all'', ''Gonna die tonight'', ''Never give in'', ''Next time: instrumental'',...

Ahaha...Belgijski bend, ki zveni, kot da bi poslušal Scuffy Dogs z angleškimi teksti! Brez zajebancije! Bobnanje sicer ni tako naspidirano kot pri Scuffy-jih, ampak tipi imajo same hite, oi-oi backvokale, refrene, ki vstanejo v glavi in dobre, stare nikoliumrljive rife, ki so bili že neštetokrat uporabljeni a še vedno, brez da bi izgubili na moči. Govorim o tipicnem melodičnem punku, ki pa se zaradi skorajda vedno prisotnih privlačnih kitarskih melodij v veliki meri nagiba tudi v punkrock. Tempo ni niti prehiter, niti prepočasen, ampak ne bi bila slaba ideja, če bi tu pa tam kakšen komad poživeli tudi z bolj hitrimi ritmi. Petje je rahlo hrapavo, vendar ni slabo, ter se dobro ujema z glasbo. Kvaliteta zvoka je odlična, kar pa ne spremeni dejstva, da postane album v svoji drugi polovici malo manj zanimiv, glede na to, da komadi med seboj ne doživljajo kakšnih večjih sprememb, niti v strukturi niti v hitrosti. Kot sem že prej omenil, bi kak hitrjši komad to lahko spremenil! Edini razlikujoč se komad je zaključni ''Next time'', ta pa zato, ker je inštrumentalen. Ovitek je skladen z njihovo glasbo in naslovim albuma, ter bi se lahko nanašal na vsebino iz besedila ''Unwillingly sober''...''11 o'clock, it's closing time, the beer is flowing, the violence is growing, cops come in, another bleeding chin, they come to get you, beat them black & blue,...''. Booklet je narejen preprosto in razen prednje slike, ter besedil zajema še par resnih in neresnih fotografij benda, ter obširno thanks listo. Besedila so enostavna in v veliki meri opisujejo težko in nepošteno živlenje. Edini tekst, ki mi je malo bolj vseč je iz najhitrjšega in udarnega komada ''Never give in'', ki nagovarja delavski sloj k uporu za boljše živlenje (sicer nič novega ampak še vedno boljše kot sporočilo drugih tekstov). Da zaključim, ''Breaking the jaw'' je kar uredu album ampak ni je stvari tu noter, ki jo nebi že prej slišal.

English Version:
Ahaha...a Belgian band with the songs almost equivalent to Scuffy Dogs (old, legendary punk band from Slovenija). I'm not joking! Obviously, they're not using slovenian laguage (it's in english) and the percussion is not as fast as with Scuffy Dogs, but all the songs are hits, they use oi-oi backvocals, memorable choruses and old everlasting riffs which were used thousand times before but still haven't lost their strength. It's typical melodic punk which due to the constant presence of catchy guitar melodies higly leans towards punkrock. The tempo is not too fast, neither too slow, but I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to speed up some songs here and there. Singing is slightly rough and goes fine with the music. Sound quality is great, but that doesn't change the fact that after ''Braking the jaw'' reach it's length middle point everything becomes a little less absorbing, since the songs do not experience variation on some larger degree, neither in structure, neither in tempo. Like I said before, some fast paced song might changed that! The only dissimilar song is ''Next time'' but just because it's the instrumental one. The layout get along with their music and album title and could be reffering to the lyric in ''Unwillingly sober''...''11 o'clock, it's closing time, the beer is flowing, the violence is growing, cops come in, another bleeding chin, they come to get you, beat them black & blue,...''. Booklet is done simply and besides the front cover and lyrics include also a few serious + one not so serious band photo and a huge thanks list. Simplicity is notable also with the lyrics which largely deal with hard and unfair life. The only lyrics I actally like is possesed by the fastest and the most striking song titled ''Never give in'', which harangues working class to resistance and better life (which's nothing new but still better than the content in other lyrics). All in all, this is a fine record and I enjoy it, but on the other hand it has noting I haven't heard before!