Well, what do we have here? A release review? A compilation album, perhaps? Yup, that's exactly what it's about. A little change of pace here and there and honestly, it wouldn’t hurt to shed some light on something this obscure.
In the middle of internet deep hole digging (using various tools for google searches etc.), i found myself an online zine mentioning one band that played emocore and their music can only be heard on this compilation. I was intrigued by this so i had to see if i can find a way to get this on my hands and voila! Found a copy on Kupindo.com. It now proudly sits on my shelf and is on my "to-play-on-car-radio" list.
"KOMPILACIJA BRODSKIH BENDOVA" contains demo songs from local bands Faak Am See, Faul, Kriva Istina and Lotus - formed in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. All except Faul recorded in the Firov Kraj 43 studio. The compilation was released in 2003 and it's marked as the bands' starting point. Almost each band shares its members. Faul formed a little earlier before FAS and KI. Later on, FAS and KI would make a split together in 2006. To this day, only Kriva Istina remains as the longest running active band in the Croatian punk scene. The entire comp lasted for only thirty minutes.
Starting off with a South Park sample, FAAK AM SEE kicks off with their fast, brief and raw hardcore punk with three songs for a 5 minute runtime. Following FAUL whose energetic melodic hardcore elements pave their way for seven plus minutes and KRIVA ISTINA following Faul's footsteps, albeit in a more brooding way for eight more minutes.
Then lastly, we're having a change of pace with LOTUS here. This right here belongs to the slow-burning 90's emocore vibe, featuring Tijana on vocals and a different drummer. Quiet/loud dynamics and some passionate clean singing and shouting here and there. Sort of bordering between Directed Crew, Analena and Eldritsch Anisette. Raw and promising. It's definitely a treasure worth finding.
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Pa šta imamo ovde? Recenziju izdanja? Kompilaciju, možda? Pa, upravo to. Malo promene ritma tu i tamo, i iskreno, ne bi škodilo da se osvetli nešto ovako opskurno.
Kopajući po internetu (koristeći razne alate za pretragu), naleteo sam na online fanzin koji je pomenuo jedan bend koji je svirao emocore, a njihova muzika se može čuti jedino na ovoj kompilaciji. Intrigirano, morao/la sam da vidim da li mogu da dođem do nje i evo ga! Našao sam primerak na Kupindo.com. Sada ponosno stoji na mojoj polici i na listi “za puštanje u kolima”.
KOMPILACIJA BRODSKIH BENDOVA sadrži demo pesme lokalnih bendova Faak Am See, Faul, Kriva Istina i Lotus — svi iz Slavonskog Broda. Sve osim Faula snimljene su u studiju Firov Kraj 43. Kompilacija je objavljena 2003. i označava početak ovih bendova. Skoro svi članovi su svirali jedni s drugima. Faul je nastao nešto ranije nego FAS i KI, a kasnije su FAS i KI izdali split 2006. Danas, jedino Kriva Istina ostaje najdugovečniji aktivni bend na hrvatskoj punk sceni. Kompilacija traje oko 30 minuta.
Počinje South Park semplom — FAAK AM SEE startuje brzo, kratko i sirovo hardcore punkom kroz tri pesme od ukupno 5 minuta. Sledi FAUL sa energičnim melodic hardcore pristupom od preko 7 minuta, pa KRIVA ISTINA koja ide stopama Faula, ali malo mračnijim tonom, još 8 minuta.
Na kraju imamo promenu tempa sa LOTUS. Ovo je onaj polako-tinajući 90’s emocore zvuk, sa Tijanom na vokalu i drugim bubnjarom. Quiet/loud dinamika, malo strastvenog čistog pevanja i vikanja. Negde između Directed Crew, Analene i Eldritsch Anisette. Sirovo i obećavajuće. Pravi dragulj za pronaći.
