As of yesterday the debut Lockjaw albums from Aintuse and Drones are now released and up for sale!
Aintuse “The Morons Of Truth” is 12 songs of fast paced skate punk, influenced by bands from Pennywise to Alkaline Trio. This four piece from Austria look set to be making some serious noise in 2012 with a UK tour in the works. Make sure you pick yourself up a copy of this awesome album.
Review taken from Lights Go Out magazine
This is a nice little surprise, the punk trend pioneered by the likes of Rancid, Burning Heads, Alkaline Trio and Black Flag can now add another name to their roster in the form of Austrian power house: Aintuse. You’ll know what I mean when you click play on this one, from beginning to end you’re in for pure punk, the kind of music that needs to be played loud as the soundtrack to a day of extreme sports with your drunk friends. The drums keep the pace up to something wicked and the guitar has that kind of chugging power found on the heavier titles of Sum 41’s back catalogue. The bass is also a shocker – rather than falling in behind the guitar, as can often be the case with punk bands, it frequently gets its’ own little moment to shine within a song and often rises to the forefront of the arrangement to put a little bounce in your neck muscles and a smile on your face. The vocals are nothing new in regards to this style of music but to be fair – who cares? It’s the perfect style for this type of music and if it aint broke don’t fix it right? Lovely stuff all round, seek them out now – I command it.
Drones have released their debut “Mutiny” and what a debut it is. 11 tracks of blistering politically aware punk rock from the Camberly trio. The band are currently on tour at the moment to support the release and you can view the tour dates here
Review taken from LMP mag - http://lmpmagazine.com/2011/12/01/music-review-drones-mutiny/
Drones have successfully set out to make socio-political tunes in the vein of Anti-Flag, Strike Anywhere, and Rise Against. In fact, upon hearing Mutiny, the first thought I had was “is this a spin off band from Anti-Flag?” Drones play fast and frantic punk, if you didn’t understand that description and comparison. The main difference between them and the bands mentioned is that Drones carries this energy almost the entire album. This makes things feel tiresome at times, but luckily, Mutiny does change it up a bit in several spots. Around “Assassins of Youth”, the band begin to add a bit more flavor to the mix. Though the crazy energy is still present, it feels more controlled during this last section of songs. The writing is better and more varied, helping Mutinyget back on track. – By Nathaniel Lay
> Recommended Tracks: “Assassins of Youth”, “Shells Fall, Pins Pulled”, “Raise the Arms”, “Watch It Burn”
> Bottom Line: Fans of Anti-Flag and fast,angry punk will like Drones the most. Next time, though, it would sound better if the band did more controlled numbers like the ending section of Mutiny.
Both albums are now from our store.
