Layaway Plan is not your average punk or hardcore band: they are heavy! They mix punkrock fast rhythms with a lot of mettalic riffs and when I heard their new album “Solutions To Substance” ( after their record “Force Of Habit”) I just thought if I had already heard something similar but my answer was “no way”.

The band plays more or less with a skate punk attitude, everything on the record is fast: guitars, drums, bass riffs; only the vocals sometimes remind of slower harmonies, but in general the album can be descrbed with the word “speed”, and the song “Speed” itself is the proof: a 30 second song that is just a metallic guitar solo that sounds like it was stolen to such bands as Fear Factory or Iron Maiden. From the opening “Energy Surge”, to “Forgotten Names” and “Final Hour” the album goes on and on in a growing exploding on energy. Also, the fact that three out of fourteen songs ( “Follow”, “Speed” and “Look Ahead” are only instrumental shows these four guys are good musicians.

I give the advice to all the fans of power and speed driven music the advice to listen to Layway Plan ( also check their appearence on the “Across the Water” compilation ) , becasue there aren’t many bands around that play like them, that’s for sure.