Fifteen years ago, the band THE SUICIDE MACHINES released their last album. Fifteen years! Many bands don't last that long.
For a long time, it was quite silent around the band from Detroit. That's how life goes. We all know that. At some point, the urge to create comes back. At some point, it has to come out again, and if the guys you used to make music with think the same way, what could be more natural than going back to the rehearsal room and playing like you used to? The quartet still consists of two founding members and two new people. That's just how life goes.
Speaking of playing.
The band plays a sound that seems a bit out of time, in the sense that it’s the sound known to everyone who grew up with American punk rock in all its facets 20 or 15 years ago. At the same time, the sound feels fresh and powerful. This makes the songs not reminiscent of the past, which is not so easy when a band has existed for so long. Hats off for that!
THE SUICIDE MACHINES have addressed many of the world's problems in their songs in the past. They continue to do so. Nothing has changed; one could sing more than one song about that. They do this in a very varied way. The foundation is punk rock, combined with excursions into reggae, ska, skatecore, melodycore, and even hardcore. Tempo changes, energetic driving parts, sensitive and vocally well-crafted singing parts, and anger that needs to be released—it's all found in the songs. All of this fits together very well and makes the band's album a very special record. A record that is so diverse, especially musically, that even after multiple listens, you still discover something new and are eager to hit play again after the end of the sixteen songs.
Let's make this spring the "Revolution Spring." It's necessary.
If we don't start with changes, who will?
