24/24 - Munk​á​spr​é​s (2022) - tape

Band............................24/24
Album..........................Munk​á​spr​é​s

Year.............................2022

Genre..........................raw punk

Format.........................tape

Country........................Hungary

Web.............................bandcamp, youtube

Label............................Sors Fintora Records

well, this band, this tape and stuff like these are the only thing which keeps me running this blog after all those years.. because if I don’t there’s enormous possibility I will never heard about this band and that would be just a shame and my loss.. also, it would be even more ironic because they are from neighboring Hungary, country with whose diy hc punk scene unfortunately I am not familiar with enough.. since the 1st time Tomi introduce me his band via e-mail and their first ever recordings I knew this could be good.. and just few months later they finished proper recordings for the demo which was published on bandcamp in September 2022 and month later released as a tape on Sors Fintora records.. I got the tape for reviewing right after it’s releasing but as it’s already widely known I’m the biggest lazy bastard in the world so I am writing it just now (or it is because I enjoyed it so much all this time and waiting for everything settle down a little, hmmm!?)..
anyhow, here we have real d.i.y. gem, tape by Hungarian band with, at first unusual name, 24/24 and their debut recordings named “Munk​á​spr​é​s”.. but after I explore a little, translate some of their lyrics, realizing that they named this release after some kind of worker’s press I believe that 24/24 refers to working non-stop and exploitation of working class and to me the whole stuff looks, sounds and smells just like that, in real, simple and raw but hard working and surviving, angry tone..
tape itself comes with simple yellow (I’ve seen some pictures with red version too) cover including small lyrics sheet and a sticker and is released in 55 hand numbered copies.. there are all together 8 songs in approximately 8 minutes, same material is on both sides of a tape, it means fast and short but still leaves you with great impression because of its aggression and rough rawness.. all songs are great and will pump you with energy and simultaneously play with your nerves but if I have to single out one that would be Nekem Te Ne! which is totaly crazy and I already saw on few live videos it becomes instant hit for sing-along on live gigs, just as I thought it will the first time I hear it.. music is a wild burst of angry and uncompromising raw hc punk, rough vocals style brings slightly crusty feel, even here and there some back vocals appears but the whole thing is without any unnecessary complications, simple, fast, highly energetic and direct.. I don’t know with whom I would compare them because they sound different and by different I mean great…and different.. lyrics are on Hungarian which sure brings another dose of originality and are about politics, social stuff, anti government and anti racist, about everyday working class struggle, etc..
I’m not really sure if tapes are still available, I’ve seen on the internet that there’s also the ones with the same material but as a split tape with Nudum released later so try to contact the band.. but be aware, there are some serious side effects of countless listening of this on repeat, it’s very likely that there will be occasional screaming on Hungarian coming somewhere from back of your brain and you’ll be asking yourself: how the fck I hate Orban so much lately!?.. you have been warned..

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