Ever since I booked my ticket for Book Yer Ane Fest in
Dundee this November I have been excitedly waiting for announcements on who is
playing. One of the first bands announced were a and from Denmark named Forever
Unclean. I'd never heard of the band before so checked out their Bandcamp page.
I fell in love. They are amazing. Here's a review of their EP Shreds!
The three piece from Copenhagen start the EP with a bang.
After a little piece of guitar feedback the opening song Excuse blasts into
life with vocals sound similar to Joe McMahon of Smoke Or Fire (one of my
favourite vocalists). Straight away this feels like get right down to the stage
and get your fists in the air punk rock, the kind that I love. Musically of
course it played at 100mph, giving off so much passion and energy. It's hard
not to care about this stuff. The next song Rain starts off with some great
gang vocals before some fast paced skate punk is played. The chorus is so
catchy and I imagine that this song works so well live. The third song Spoons
is a song about spending too much time by yourself and getting lost in your own
thoughts. This song is played at a slower pace than the opening two songs,
showing some versatility in Forever Unclean's song writing. There is a great
breakdown in the middle of the song with some whoa-oh's and some away from the
microphone shouting style vocals. This is a great little technique and it all
builds up into one big finale. Dead falls more into the pop punk category of
punk rock styles. It's the shortest song on the EP but packs a good punch. This
is the song on the album perfect for the summer compilations. Dead is about
preferring to be on your own and being able to live your own life without
worrying about others. Track number five is Animals, which hits you hard and
fast from the very beginning. Animals is one of the more political songs on
Shred, bringing up Animal Rights. This is clearly an issue very close to the
bands heart and the passion in the vocals in unmatched throughout the rest of
the EP. Shred is completed by a song named Hangry. By this point you know
exactly what you're going to get from the sound of the song, but that is by no
means a negative thing. I can happily listen to bands play with this much
passion all day. Everyone plays their parts in the band perfectly.
There is not a single bad song on this EP. I'm throwing this
out there right now, I don't think I'll discover a new band I love more than
Forever Unclean this year. This is perfect punk rock for me, it's energetic,
it's passionate, it has good messages and most importantly it makes me feel
something. Bravo!
Buy Shreds here: https://foreverunclean.bandcamp.com/
Like Forever Unclean here: https://www.facebook.com/foreveruncleanband
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