I did not know what to expect from these five dudes from Sweden, as I have always been a fan of their band, even tough I think their lates stuff are quite boring. The new record sees Rodrigo on vocals only, as he quit playng drums and singing, and left the place to a new guy, Martin, who worked at Bad Taste. The new album in fact does not bring a lot of fancy or news to what the band did in the past. The same attitude for playing some quite good songs that I think I already heard on some of their previous records

“Unconsciously Confined” is made up of 13 songs, played in the vein of their previous “Fragmenst and Fractions”, but, luckily, recorded in a much better way; in fact it is easy to understand what the singer sings, what the guitar and bass players play and what the drums do. If the music is quite the same, but recorded in a better way, the lyrics instead are exactly the same: a lot of politics and some funny and less serious moments in “real life” problems, but in general the songs are about social contents, and I like this kind of stuff, but I please the band not to use so many phrases that we all have already heard somewhere else, maybe from I Spy, Propagandhi or Randy?

Talking of the songs, I’d say that “4a.m.” , “PC=Potential Criminal” and “The Sing Along Summer Song” are the best examples of Satanic Surfers capacity in playing skate hardcore and I wonder why they want to put an end to this label they gained. It’s not so bad.

If you liked their previous album on Bad Taste I am sure you will enjoy this much more, but if you ( like me ) are still waiting for something like “Hero Of Our Time” or “Going Nowhere Fast”, I bet you will have to pass this one. And then, I miss Rodrigo on drums, he was much much much better.|carlo@staff.truepunk.com