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And yet again, a new young band emerges among the valleys, mountains and rugged coastline of this small and beautiful country of EUSKAL HERRIA, standing out from their peers and hitting hard since the very beginning.
Another bunch of skate freaks playing their own take at punk and hardcore.
Hailing from the world famous town of Gernika, KOLPEKA (in Basque, meaning "Hit By Hit" or "Strike by Strike") is a new band formed by 4 young lads between 15 and 17 years old and we can't love it enough. Maybe I'm getting too old, maybe I hate too much everything and everyone and lost faith in humanity and specially in younger generations, but then KOLPEKA comes out to kick my ass and remind me that punk is not dead just yet, and some kids out there are still keeping the flame alive.
In this modern world of youngsters wasting their lifes in I don't really know what, finding a bunch of freaks that still rock their skateboards and their instruments to punk and hardcore just brings me joy and puts a smile on my face. So I couldn't help myself but doing my job as a label: support them with a release (and hopefully more to come!!)
Our take: Five song demo from this young punk band from Basque Country. I could have stopped when I read in Mendeku Diskak’s description that Kolpeka is a bunch of 15- and 16-year-old skateboarders, because I knew I would love it. I’ve heard thousands of punk records in my 41 years on this planet, and I am confident I will never make anything as direct and as powerful as what a teenager does when they pick up a guitar after several hours spent hurling themselves at a curb over and over. Kolpeka’s music doesn’t sound like skate punk at all, though. It fits with the general oi! vibes of the Mendeku Diskak label, but there’s also a strong backbone of catchy, Clash-inspired punk I associate with the Iberian peninsula. Kolpeka’s major key riffs and chanted choruses remind me of the great Prision Postumo album that came out a few months back, but the playing is more primitive and tougher. In particular, I’m in love with the way Kolpeka’s drummer plays. He has a very minimal style, but seems to hit the kick so hard… it just drives you forward and makes you want to march into battle. Skateboarding, youth, punk… this one has it all.
Another bunch of skate freaks playing their own take at punk and hardcore.
Hailing from the world famous town of Gernika, KOLPEKA (in Basque, meaning "Hit By Hit" or "Strike by Strike") is a new band formed by 4 young lads between 15 and 17 years old and we can't love it enough. Maybe I'm getting too old, maybe I hate too much everything and everyone and lost faith in humanity and specially in younger generations, but then KOLPEKA comes out to kick my ass and remind me that punk is not dead just yet, and some kids out there are still keeping the flame alive.
In this modern world of youngsters wasting their lifes in I don't really know what, finding a bunch of freaks that still rock their skateboards and their instruments to punk and hardcore just brings me joy and puts a smile on my face. So I couldn't help myself but doing my job as a label: support them with a release (and hopefully more to come!!)
Our take: Five song demo from this young punk band from Basque Country. I could have stopped when I read in Mendeku Diskak’s description that Kolpeka is a bunch of 15- and 16-year-old skateboarders, because I knew I would love it. I’ve heard thousands of punk records in my 41 years on this planet, and I am confident I will never make anything as direct and as powerful as what a teenager does when they pick up a guitar after several hours spent hurling themselves at a curb over and over. Kolpeka’s music doesn’t sound like skate punk at all, though. It fits with the general oi! vibes of the Mendeku Diskak label, but there’s also a strong backbone of catchy, Clash-inspired punk I associate with the Iberian peninsula. Kolpeka’s major key riffs and chanted choruses remind me of the great Prision Postumo album that came out a few months back, but the playing is more primitive and tougher. In particular, I’m in love with the way Kolpeka’s drummer plays. He has a very minimal style, but seems to hit the kick so hard… it just drives you forward and makes you want to march into battle. Skateboarding, youth, punk… this one has it all.