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Campbell brings groovy music and snakes on ‘Dystopia Punk’

Posted on 22 August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya9gasq-zcY&feature=youtu.be

The cool happy-go-lucky Punk Rockers that your Mum would love to meet are back and Campbell send us back to the good times with their ‘Dystopia Punk‘.

Campbell is a bunch of talented musicians from Columbus in Ohio that make genuine music without taking themselves too seriously. They are heavily influenced by Pavement, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Refused, and Fishmans but maintain their own style throughout. This is such fun music that gets the party started.

‘Dystopia Punk‘ is a modern observation of the current state of the world, as it self-destructs and its inhabitants are pushed away. Self-recorded and self-mixed in the Campbell home studio shack, ‘Dystopia Punk‘ which is off of Campbell’s 2nd album, ‘Kokomo Danglies‘, is a soundtrack to put on as the world slowly burns. It is truly hard to wake up and not be like, “yo is this shit real life?” Everything is Crazy.

Campbell was founded in the summer of 2017 by Sean Gleeson and Colin Giacalone, initially intended as a recording project. They released their self-produced, self-titled debut record in June of 2018, with the intention of working with as many Columbus musicians as they could. Shortly after, they formed into a 5-piece band and have gained a following, known for their high energy and often erratic but fun live shows.

This is all about that fun out night out playing music with your buddies. Grabbing the irie and guitar, you seek to have a great evening and not think too far into the future. Life is short and we should all take heed of this message from Campbell’s ‘Dystopia Punk‘.

Click here for the YouTube link.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

L.A.Shawn’s vampire Rap style shreds the right notes with ‘’After Dark’’

Posted on 20 May 2020

Please don’t text me after dark, that’s when my thoughts come to life. You have been warned, L.A.Shawn likes to be in his zone after dark. This is the concept of the new single from the Columbus, United States rapper and it’s off his catchy ‘’The Villain Of The Opera’’ album from 2020. 

‘L.A.Shawn’ has an intriguing style and seems fed up with the flashy style of other cats in the game. He just wants to push out good music and talk about real issues in the world. 

With a few features and thousands of streams per song, he is well on the way to the top. This is clearly a hard-working Rapper who is putting many hours into his craft and not just pushing out minimally thought of music which is so often the norm in current Hip Hop releases. 

This is an Emcee with a big future. If he can stay focused and put out some more bangers with memorable music videos, ‘L.A.Shawn’ will be a huge name in the game. Just don’t text him after dark.

Catch more from this promising Emcee on his SoundCloud.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Prada Rose releases latest single OMW

Posted on 22 April 2020

Prada Rose has dropped his single ‘OMW’ this Hip-Hop and Rap infused piece, bringing in this infectious melody and fast pace vocals throughout.

Starting off with a quick flow as the beat starts to pulse through, having that in your face upbeat melody throughout, combining that with the mellow vocals, that pick up the pace as the beat gets louder and the Rap begins to take charge and brings this pure energy through the vocals and the overall rhythm.

How well the Rap is portrayed in this piece, is impressive and Prada really brings his talent of creating a real catchy track, tending to keep a lot of the elements fast pace, but still keeping it a level that you can hear each lyric word for word, the beat does tend to overpower the vocals in parts as the voice tends to fade out, but each element works well.

Check out Prada Rose OMW by heading on over to SoundCloud now.

Review by Karley Myall