{"title":"Mendeku","description":"Oi! Oi!","products":[{"product_id":"210721919","title":"Castillo: S\/T 12\"","description":"About a year ago I got in contact with Alex Zambrano because I was curious about two bands he had been involved with: COMBAT FORCE and REPEAT OFFENDER. We didn’t know each other, never talked before, and 3 weeks later REPEAT OFFENDER’s Demo 7” was ready to send to press.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd not too long after that, he was already sending me something else, a personal project born during lockdown, with his good friend on drums while he played everything else.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLess than a year later, we’ve done 3 records together. I think I have messaged him this past year more than any of my family members combined! It’s been such a weird year, for me, for him, for everyone. But in the most difficult situations, we are still lucky to meet amazing, hard-working and easy-going people, and he’s definitely one of them.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCASTILLO is his latest effort to please our ears and terrorize the masses with fucking winner riffs. This one-sided 12\" contains 5 tracks of thick-guitars, epic licks \u0026amp; leads, incredible bass lines and stomping drum beats. It sounds raw yet melodic, and has crushing power. It’s just perfect!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Mendeku Diskak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40533190017209,"sku":"210721919","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/castillo.jpg?v=1627941135"},{"product_id":"210721920","title":"Contempt: S\/T 12\"","description":"After the demo-single tape we released in march 2020 it was finally time for a vinyl output of this great band from Murcia and here you have it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite all the problems and setbacks generated by covid-related restrictions plus other complications, which fully hit the band’s recording schedule, the vinyl debut of CONTEMPT is finally out!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere we have here 8 tracks of some of the heaviest, meanest and musically richest OI! played nowadays: guitar driven, epic, melodic yet hard-hitting, with even a metal-ish edge and some Rock influences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis feels like an iron fist in a velvet glove: Heavy as fuck yet gentle in the delivery. Very powerful tunes with hand-crafted guitar arrangements which help creating an overall momumental feel, a demolishing rythm section with perfect sounding drums and bass distortion and an amazing vocal delivery perfectly pitched, rough and yet clear with lyrics full of pride without stupid prejudices,about personal issues, historical references, love for their land without being a stupid knucklehead, socio-economic troubles. Inspirational, menacing, prideful down-to-earth lyrics.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe first time i listened to these songs my jaw just dropped, i could feel the attention to detail, the level of effort and commitment in the creative process and, in each consecutive listen, discovering little details that just made my love for this band grow and grow. I just feel very lucky to be able to release such powerful and significant (at least for me) music.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: If you’re a fan of modern oi!, keep an eye on Spain’s Mendeku Diskak label, which has been releasing some great current bands. While some of the label’s bands lean toward hardcore, Contempt’s sound is dark, melodic, and even sophisticated (at least as far as you can call oi! music sophisticated). The songs march forward at a steady, unhurried clip and the vocalist barks out the lyrics in a typically gruff style, but the music is unique, particularly for the style. The chord progressions have an epic quality that reminds me of Iron Maiden or something, but that triumphant feel in the riffing contrasts with guitar leads that are equally melodic, but with a slightly mournful sound. I’m reminded of some Leatherface songs (like “Dead Industrial Atmosphere,” for instance), but the band Contempt really recalls is Battle Ruins. While the vocals are gruff and earthy rather than soaring and melodic, there’s a shared approach to putting together the instrumental parts. Fans of Criminal Damage and Complications will warm right up to Contempt too.","brand":"Mendeku Diskak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40533190049977,"sku":"210721920","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/contgempt.jpg?v=1627941108"},{"product_id":"210721921","title":"Mess: Intercity 12\"","description":"Debut release for this mexican band, new project of members from HIMNOS and SPARROW 68, deeply into the BLITZ sound o influenced by UK82 punk, some sort of crossbreed between EXPLOITED and BLITZ.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 songs that sound like 5 anthems (specially \"Street Boys\") made to be sung over and over again, catchy as fuck tunes for desperate as fuck times.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Mendeku Diskak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40533190082745,"sku":"210721921","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/files\/intercity.png?v=1687982893"},{"product_id":"210721922","title":"Scalpo: E La Lotta L'Avvenire 7\" flexi","description":"After a few demo tracks released only in digital, this Italian duo from Sondrio, north of Italy, brings us their first physical release in the shape of a flexi 7\" with 4 tracks (+intro) of crispy, sort of claustrophobic, mid-tempo distorted punk.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e80's italian punk\/hardcore is a great source of desperate atmospheres fed on dissonances, noisy backgrounds, chaotic display and labyrinthine soundscapes. Bands like Wretched, Impact, Kina, Indigesti or Dioxina were some of the true masters at the craft. Althought Scalpo doesn't sound like any of the mentioned above, they have no problem in taking various influences of crude and bleak music, drinking from different sources to shape up their own \"Psicoguerra Punk\", gloomy mid-tempo distorted punk full of angst and desperation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust take as an example the song \"Illusioni\", a 1:19 minutes track with 6 different parts that don't repeat: no chorus, no verse, fuck that. Just 6 unique slaps of raw awesomeness. Listening to it it's like not knowing where the fuck you are going but enjoying the ride to the max.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWelcome to SCALPO's trip!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis silver foil stamped flexi 7\" is housed a cardstock coloured inner bag with a Scalpo logo sticker on the top right corner and wrapped in a 350gr cardstock open jacket.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Mendeku Diskak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40533190115513,"sku":"210721922","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/scalpo.jpg?v=1627941202"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/collections\/mendeku.oembed","provider":"Sorry State Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}