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A Close Last – This Is What You Get

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OK, this is the latest CD from the band with four new tracks – well if you can really count the last one as a track.

The first two songs here are more melodic Punk Rock tunes with a good old A Close Last fashion. The first one ‘This Is What You Get’ is a melodic Punk tune for the most part with catchy lyrics, awesome vocals, lightning fast drumming and some outstanding guitar playing. The vocals remain melodic up until the last five seconds or so where the band put on a more hardcore front and the sound which this creates is really cool, making way for an awesome track. The second track here is also a melodic Punk tune and is entitled ’18.’ The vocals are again excellent, the drumming is fast and the guitar playing is superb – what more could you ask for in a tune?! These first two tracks are supremely catchy and show the bands talent for making songs that get stuck in your head and have great quality. The band really have a talent for making top notch, melodic Punk Rock and these two tracks are fine examples of their great talent. The third track however, ‘Please Leave We’re Closed’ is a short outburst of a hardcore track and at just twenty four seconds I’m not lying when I say short. There is really fast drumming here, whirlwind guitars and hardcore vocals. It is a cool track and is well worth a listening even though it is so short. The fourth ‘track’ is ‘Fuck My Job’ and clocks in at just three seconds. There is a drumming and guitar build up to saying ‘Fuck My Job’ in a hardcore kind of fashion.

So here is the latest CD from the great Scottish Punk Band that is A Close Last, featuring two songs of melodic punk rock and two songs of stunning raw edged hardcore music. It is only 5 minutes long but even still, this four track effort is a great CD and is absolutely bursting with gems. This band are sure to create many more great CDs and I look forward to hearing them because this is definitely a band to look out for in the future with strong tracks that show that they are an outstanding band that I believe have the capability of making it big. With a tour coming up I am sure that on this they can develop their fan base and really start to push towards becoming one of the leading acts in the UK.

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A Close Last – Bigger Than Rik Waller

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Here is a CD offering up four more tracks from the promising Scottish Punk Rock band that is A Close Last. This CD lasts for a total of 11 minutes and 18 seconds and carries on from where the band left off with their ‘Who Took The Jam Out Your Donut?!’ EP.

The first three tracks on this here EP show off the bands great talent for making melodic Punk Rock music with three fine tracks that have awesome guitar playing, skilful drumming and outstanding vocals that really make you wonder to yourself why this band haven’t been snapped up and signed yet. The music here is of an extremely high standard and just like with the last EP, the songs are catchy and full of zest. The music which they produce is fun to listen to and just makes you want to have a good time – it has a real feel good factor about it. My favourite of the three is ‘Where Are You Now’ as on this track the band show much talent with fast drumming, tuneful guitar playing and really melodic vocals with lyrics that you remember as soon as you have heard them and are the sort of ones that you will be humming for months as it is really catchy stuff and an a truly awesome tune. The forth track however is something different to the first three with more of a hardcore tune and I remember them doing this last time. It is a cool song with really hard hitting, raw edge vocals, fast drumming and eerie guitars. I really liked this one and thought it was just as well done as the other tracks on this CD so with this song the band are showing that they can pull off a more melodic approach yet they can also pull off more hardcore music with a rawer sound.

The outro is really funny with a mobile going off, someone answering with the standard ‘Hello’ and then followed by the band saying ‘No matter what anyone says about us, we’re still ACL from the block, we use to have a little but now we’ve got ***** all!’ This really cracked me up the first time I heard it and just about sums up what its like being in a band – broke! Check this band out if you are interested in melodic Punk Rock CD has been done really well and the band are well worth checking out.

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A Close Last – “Who Took The Jam Out Of Your Donut?!” EP

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This is a good offering of punk from the Glasgow band ‘A Close Last’ and it contains 5 infectious catchy tunes. Tracks 1, 2, 4, and 5 offer catchy punk which is these days often referred to as pop punk, whereas track 3 is more hardcore punk, with faster vocals and a harder hitting tune. All 5 of these songs are the sort of quality you would expect to find on a Punk-O-Rama compilation, it doesn’t have a single song that is lacking. I think that they are all good songs but ‘Stop Being A Cow’ is definitely my favorite because it’s really catchy and gets you tapping your feet almost as much as a Reel Big Fish album can do. I really think this band have something good going here and if they tour hard and knuckle down they can make this band one of the leading names in the country. I hope that they keep up the good work and then sometime in the near future I hope to have the opportunity to go and see them live.

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