Sonntag, 27. Dezember 2015

jail - resurrection

another farewell records release. this time it's about a brand new one. germany's jail debut 7" called 'resurrection'. first release and still resurrected? well, a lot of members were playing in other bands of the past decade. the most known among them might be vocalist björn of former black friday '29 fame. it's his energetic, typical hardcore-punk voice that appealed to me back then and still does with his new band jail.
so in a way the gathered expertise of all band members have been resurrected with this release. i stumbled upon it when i ordered the river card's 'forced hand' 7" at the farewell e-store. the description said for fans of black friday '29 and synthesizers and i thought it might be an interesting mixture. it was still at pre-order stage and so i was happy to snag one of the limited band colour out of 100 pink copies.
when the record arrived one and half week ago i was a little split as to what i should think of jail. on the one hand it is very decent hardcore topped off with björn's great voice, on the other hand i was missing the synthesizer sounds. that trademark really could have set the band apart from the bulk. in the end only 'no limit' has some synths in it. forge your own opinion right here. farewell records. 2015.