Not so long after our recent special feature for Vermont teenage hardcore punk band GONE WRONG, we’re back with some more skateboarding praise, this time with a different sonic angle and band from across the pond, Cracow, Poland based HELTER SKATER! Inspired by โTony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and 3โ, skate videos, love breakdowns and 90s hip-hop, their debut 3-tracker โThree Songs About Skateboarding and Loveโ is a lo-fi, gritty, yet melodious mixture of powerpop, pop punk and 90s post hardcore. Today, we’re giving you a couple of insights and comments from the band that easily stands up as a project in its own style, a band that seems to be fusing a thirst for fresh innovation within a dirty little niche of punk and rock.
โThree Songs About Skateboarding and Loveโ demo EP is out now via Sorry Hombre Records.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐’ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐
Helter skater – three guys who’ve known each other since they were children. Two of us have actually been playing together since their mid-teens – first, in a punk rock band called Polski Cukier, then in neocrust Kuroi Ame. The drummer is a member of other squad too: Torpur.
The impulse to form Helter Skater were few guitar riffs, embodying pure fun and raw power of skateboarding, played in the middle of 2019. Those riffs, over some time, transformed into EP โThree Songs About Skateboarding and Loveโ.
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The cassette was released by Sorry Hombre Records and contains a bonus 4th track. It expresses the joy of being a skater by mixing punk and surf guitar riffs with lo-fi sound and attitude.
Unfortunately, the sceneโs had to shut down due to the present circumstances. Yet, there is one place in Krakow that gathers us all – Warsztat. Itโs a DIY project that lets people share their music and experiences. There are some bands here, but, considering the size of the city, the scene isnโt very big. So high 5s to those, with whom we share the rehearsal room – Cliff Jumps and a new band formed of former members of Escapism.
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