'Death Valley' is the new album by South Wales punks Foreign Legion. Well not to beat about the bush this is an excellent CD especially as i've been sent a lot of shite recently. These guys have been around for over 20 years and over that time they've honed their own brand of melodic punk. It is hard to attain a unique sound in punk considering it's all been done before over the last 30 years, but somehow these guys have managed it. If you like tuneful punk this will be right up your street. As musicians these guys are top notch in all departments and it really shines through on this album. Of the 13 tracks on the album there's plenty to get the blood pumping, 'Rat Race', 'Take A Look' and 'Party In Prague' were my personal favourites and this well produced album definitely gets the thumbs up from me.

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This is the second CD i've reviewed by this trio of young guys from Colchester. Since reviewing their first EP the bands debut single 'Blag, Steal & Borrow' charted at No 31 which made them the first unsigned band ever to make the official top 40 chart in the UK. This obviously well engineered publicity stunt has guaranteed the band the attention that will probably end in them being signed by a major label. In todays musical climate it really isn't that hard to chart and it doesn't take many sales to get noticed, not like in the days prior to downloads. Having said that Koopa have got the talent to succeed and their latest single 'The One-Off Song For The Summer' which is similar in style to The Offspring is as good as the American style punk bands plying their trade stateside. Another good effort.

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This is the first i've heard from South Wales based A New Day and I must admit I liked what I heard. Only the 2 tracks 'Reality Check' and 'More To A Hero Than Saving The Day' but this just left me wanting to hear more. It isn't easy to pigeon-hole these guys into any specific genre, there are many influences in their music, mainly hardcore, punk and rock but it all gels nicely together. This is very different to most CDs i've been sent by young punk bands as most seem to be concentrating their efforts towards breaking into the American market, where they can make a quick buck or two. Saddly the youth of today are deluged with reality TV programmes that make them think they can become millionaires overnight. If you have no talent you won't make it. A New Day have talent and they could make it.

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Why do record labels insist in sending CDs of this ilk to what is a website that is for punk, Oi, Ska, hardcore and anything related. Mesh 29 aren't even remotely related to any of the genres listed above. This trio from Peterborough are more likely related to Supertramp than The Sex Pistols. 'Over The Barricade' a 3 tracker is accoustic with piano and vocals with no aggression, what has that got that I could possibly find to interest me? Nothing. These guys might be getting a lot of hits on their myspace website but there they will be attracting people who ARE interested in hearing their kind of music, people visiting punk4life want to read reviews about punk, that's why they are here. This has no punk influences at all so it really shouldn't be here.

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