In the pile of CDs to review, I also found a release from "Halbstarke Jungs" from Gräfenhainichen this time. In the sea of many releases from the label "Sunny Bastards," they unfortunately have one thing in common with many bands: much of it sounds similar, already heard, and not very innovative for my taste. I would define the CD with its 7 songs as Oi/Streetpunk, and it sounds like the guys just wanted to jump on the current Deutschrock bandwagon. No question, the guitarists here master their instruments and play good solos; I don't want to downplay that it's technically good music. But somehow, it doesn't really appeal to me, and there isn't a real hit among them! Let's get to my points of annoyance: a downside in musical terms is the vocals, which I personally find too thin. Either it's the singer's fault or the mixing. It's not for me. Way too quiet in the recordings. Therefore, they might have sought support from guest singers ("Matti" Krause from Gumbles on "Striche an der Wand," Daniel "Schulle" Schulz from Toxpack on "Spielverderber"). However, I also see this as a bit of a promotional move by the band, along the lines of "oh, that's the singer from that band singing here, I'll buy it." I always find such things unnecessary; I prefer a more authentic, unique style when one defines themselves as a punk rocker! Lyrically, the band's stuff is okay, but maybe next time they should avoid comparisons between right-wing idiots and the Antifa, as in the song "Nie ein Skinhead" (excerpt: Brainless slogans like the Antifa). There are human assholes everywhere, and surely some in the Antifa too, but that doesn't mean we should equate them all with right-wing idiots. That can backfire quickly! For the sake of fairness, I still give it a total of 3 points!
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