Recently THE UNSUBS new album “30” (18+) has become available on all digital platforms. The release of the punk band from Kirov has already hit the top three according to the German alternative music portal Away from Life. And this is just the beginning …
Art blogger Alexey Ulyanov listened to the album by THE UNSUBS, the pioneers of the Russian hardcore movement:
– Their new album “30” (2020) is not some anniversary compilation of an old school band. Before us is a full-length album with new tracks, which, of course, was expected throughout the hardcore community from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The sensational CD “The Last Moment” was released almost 14 years ago. And so the guys from Vyatka pulled themselves together and formalized the accumulated anger and rage into thirteen furious compositions. The signature, uncompromising guitar sound, for which we love and appreciate THE UNSUBS, is always present at the “Thirty”, as well as the recognizable vocals of Fyra, our Henry Rawlins, who, it’s terrible to imagine, exchanged fifty dollars, but is still true to the spirit of American hardcore. Canine devotion. For thirty years he has rarely been with the group, but aptly gives out the correct muzlo, addressed not only to grandfathers from the 90s. They are definitely not retro. THE UNSUBS also listens with pleasure to the younger generation of rejected and rebellious. For them, our heroes are real gurus, legends. “Generation of Scars”, “Eat the Truth”, “The Time Will Come”, “Sorrow and Pain” are topical hardcore action films that will cheer up the dead. But I was hooked more than others by the track “Loneliness”, which I listened to on the repid all day and was very impressed. Street philosophy, sad philosophy …
“What do you know about loneliness? What can you say about him? Forgotten by everyone, abandoned by everyone, proud bore – everyone left you, what can you answer to this if you abandoned yourself, betrayed yourself ”