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Artist...: The Panic Beats
Album....: Strike Again
Genre....: Punk
Label....: N/A
Source...: WEB
Size.....: 40.23 MB
Playtime.: 20:57
Type.....: Album
` Release..: 2015.02.16
Encoder..: LAME 3.99
` Quality..: VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
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| X | 01. Red Alert 01:44 | X |
| X | 02. Rats 02:57 | X |
| X | 03. They Call Him Django 02:09 | X |
| X | 04. Black Gloved Killer 01:46 | X |
| X | 05. Coming To Get You 01:36 | X |
| X | 06. Death List 01:56 | X |
| X | 07. Dirt Nap 02:18 | X |
| X | 08. Phantasm 01:39 | X |
| X | 09. Beat You Up 01:21 | X |
| X | 10. Stranger In The Dark 02:17 | X |
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`:The irresistible psychotic homage to the Ramones from The :'
`:Panic Beats was one of the highlights of last year with :'
`:their thoroughly enjoyable self titled debut album. :'
`:Returning with not one but two releases in the space of a :'
`:month, the band not only continues their impossible to :'
`:refuse onslaught of one to three chord punk urgency and :'
`:horror film borne malice, but have grown into an even more :'
`:compulsive and blood soaked pleasure. The elements which :'
`:arguably did not quite come off on the first album have been'
`:addressed and the sound has evolved to a tighter hungrier :'
`:assault to make their vindictive company more welcome than :'
`:ever. You still have to be a fan of the Ramones to truly :'
`:enjoy the releases as the songs have taken mere steps away :'
`:if any at all from their prime influence but this is what :'
`:makes The Panic Beats so magnetic. :'
`: :'
`:The solo project of Michigan musician Dale Van Thomme, The :'
`:Panic Beats rampages through twenty five blood lusting :'
`:tracks across the two albums Strike Again and Without :'
`:Warning. Every song is an energetic, frenetic, and psychotic'
`:outburst and confrontation of pure punk rock with its heart:'
`:firmly entrenched in the late seventies. Van Thomme :'
`:continues to unleash his off kilter discord soaked vocals :'
`:and waspish melodies but as the songs play there is a new :'
`:twist in store without any major change in direction, :'
`:leading to even more satisfaction. How long he can carry on:'
`:producing what is a sound which carries obvious similarity :'
`:to its driven creativity to the previously mentioned band :'
`:without losing effect and appeal time will tell but that was'
`:the thought at the end of his first album and we now have :'
`:two more which are even more impressive and pleasing, and as'
`:mentioned there are new things stirring. The music and :'
`:intent behind the releases is honest, no attempt to fool :'
`:itself it is groundbreaking or strikingly unique but given :'
`:the choice of listening to what we originally called his :'
`:musical interpretation of the Ramones though an aural :'
`:freakshow mirror or some fartsy prog rock epic there is no :'
`:contest and Van Thomme the devil in control. :'
`: :'
`:The first album Strike Again immediately lets you know the :'
`:terrain has not changed for the hateful venom to ensue, just'
`:some of the weaponry. The cover, as across all the albums, :'
`:instantly lets you know the ride will be vindictive, violent'
`:and messy, the horror film themes and Italian giallo imagery'
`:as strong as the New York quartet soaked sound. The storm :'
`:that is Red Alert opens up the riot, a rampaging thrust of :'
`:chopping riffs, ear bashing beats, and punk harmonies to :'
`:fall in league with within seconds. The bass has more snarl:'
`:than before to add a gnarly presence and the song itself is:'
`:a tight caustic gem to start things off. :'
`: :'
`:The scurrying brawling intensity of Rats, the gun slinging :'
`:in the face stomp They Call Him Django, and the predatory :'
`:Black Gloved Killer, continue and raise the fun, all :'
`:impossibly infectious and inciteful to voice and limbs. The:'
`:first album was a little hit and miss at times though never:'
`:to any real detriment admittedly, but here and on the third:'
`:album the consistency is impressively high, going part of :'
`:the way as to explain why these are a definite move forward:'
`:for The Panic Beats. :'
`: :'
`:Songs like the excellent Dirt Nap with its surging guitars :'
`:and merciless intent, the equally contagious Phantasm, and :'
`:Stranger In The Dark, the perfect anthem for any night time:'
`:stalker antics, just rile up the senses to a more agitated :'
`:greed for more. Closing on the outstanding drum driven :'
`:mayhem of Night Of The Bloody Apes, Strike Again leaves only'
`:pleasure and breathlessness behind, it is over before you :'
`:know it with every second something to savour and unleash :'
`:primal punk energies to. :'
`: :'
`:Without Warning is more of the same yet a little different.:'
`:One sort of assumes, because of the closeness of release :'
`:times, as mentioned a month apart, that the songs and :'
`:recording was done at the same time relatively, yet in :'
`:hindsight after listening to all three together there is an:'
`:obvious evolution or shift taking place, though never far :'
`:from the core sound. Strike Again is like a bridge, the :'
`:obvious follow on from the debut and lead into the more :'
`:melodic soaked Without Warning. If these latter two releases'
`:are borne from the same time then the track placing has been'
`:spot on without doubt. :'
`: :'
`:Opening on the garage punk like instrumental They Call Me :'
`:Death with Van Thomme expanding his sound into a fuller punk'
`:fire of sound, the album again leaves one in a tempest of :'
`:brutal and combative punk rock. The following Killing Spree:'
`:hits with pure feistiness and combative sound whilst Bash :'
`:His Brains begins opening up new avenues for the sound. It :'
`:is still that rampant ear crushing riot but brings a wicked:'
`:barbed melodic hook in which springs from End Of The Century'
`:era Ramones but more so from bands like Buzzcocks and The :'
`:Vibrators. It is refreshing, wholly magnetic and offers the:'
`:promise of further inventive sparks within the future sound:'
`:ahead from Van Thomme. The song is arguably the best of all:'
`:across the three albums and has one joining in at the top of'
`:the voice, with returning worried frowns from those in ear :'
`:shot. :'
`: :'
`:Ready To Explode continues this breath, the addictive surge:'
`:within rounded and sizzling upon the ear whilst Watch Me :'
`:When I Kill captivates not only from is burning sonic riot :'
`:and tribal beats but the great female vocals delivered with:'
`:the same style and drone lilted delivery of Van Thomme. It :'
`:is another brilliant treat to show the artist is growing and'
`:exploring his sound without losing what makes him already so'
`:enjoyable to rampage along to. :'
`: :'
`:The Johnny Thunders spiced Junkyard Dog with excellent :'
`:guitar work sparking its skies and Dead Meat with definite :'
`:Sex Pistols spawn riffs, push the creativity further whilst:'
`:the likes of I Gotta Kill, The Mutilator, and the great :'
`:closing onslaught of Zombie Hell just show that vintage punk'
`:rock is still alive and kicking ass. :'
`: :'
`:If old school punk and the Ramones light your emotional :'
`:molotov cocktail than Strike Again and Without Warning not :'
`:forgetting the debut, are essential listening. The Panic :'
`:Beats do not come to bring new unheard sounds or to save the'
`:world, but to offer the best enjoyable and exciting :'
`:soundtrack as the world destructs and burns around you. :'
`: :'
`:http://thepanicbeats.bandcamp.com/album/strike-again :'
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