So the Berliners from TOXPACK have finally made it into the big family of PEOPLE LIKE YOU RECORDS. They took long enough to get there. In recent years, the band has only been on the rise. Many friends from the hardcore and streetpunk scene are, as with the last albums, joining Schulle & Co. at the microphone. This not only shows the band's connection to the scene but also their quality. For me, TOXPACK was not exactly a band I liked in their early years. Brash, just shouting and metal guitars. And when you saw the audience at some concerts, no thanks. Especially in Berlin, there were plenty of BFC Dynamo Berlin hooligans present, and they are not exactly known for their open-mindedness. Recently, however, these people have become less frequent at TOXPACK concerts. I was skeptical when the CD arrived, but anyone who comes to PEOPLE LIKE YOU can't be bad, so I was curious about the first notes. What the band has put together here in the studio is powerful. A fat sound that makes your ears perk up. Perfectly mixed. Thundering, heavy drums, loud guitars, an aggressively rumbling bass, and Schulle's vocals are easy to understand. And the melodies, kids! This is really cool streetcore. No longer brash, but truly awesome rock 'n' roll from the streets. The 12 songs are all real bangers. I'm genuinely blown away. Such a fat sound, combined with varied melodies, and certainly with decent lyrics, one can only conclude: TOXPACK has made a quantum leap. There are even well-placed choruses. Even if they remind you here and there of Die Toten Hosen, they don't come off as too flat or forced, but they fit. For streetcore, the songs are quite long. Maybe a bit too epic and opulent here and there, but this doesn't let you forget what this record is. Every second, streetcore right in the face! Out of the twelve songs (plus bonus track), only four are under four minutes. There is truly something new here. Streetcore with ambition! But before the fans from the early days start complaining, one must simply acknowledge the band's musical and lyrical development. You can argue about music, but anyone who has liked TOXPACK so far will also like this album, and for newcomers, in my eyes, this record is the best starting drug from TOXPACK. With "Epidemie," the band has set a monument for themselves.
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