Sex Deviants – Pozpatku

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Sex Deviants

Pozpatku - Papagájův Hlasatel Records

It’s true what they say, music is universal. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, what you speak or anything like that. Once that first chord rings out, everyone is united. However, it can sometimes be hard to find music from bands halfway across the world. Yes, the internet makes it easier, but you still need to know where to look. I have no idea where I would look to find information on or hear music by Czech Republic’s Sex Deviants, but if you know, let me know so I can find more music just like them.

Sex Deviants‘ fourth album, Pozpatku sounds like the European equivalent to the Epitaph sound that Burning Heart somehow overlooked. With a mixture of pop-punk and skate punk, Sex Deviants play the perfect sound for most punk fans who love the mid-nineties sound. You get Pennywsie-like guitar riffs mixed with some 1208 and Pulley harmonies. Straight forward punk rock drumming and a combination of vocals help to really seal the deal. For the most part you get a female singer that sounds like Agent M (Tsunami Bomb) and Nico de Gaillo (Star Fucking Hipsters) but they mix it up with the help of two different male vocalists. One is worn and rough while the other is much smoother, like Jack Dalyrmple (Dead To Me). Despite not having any idea as to what they’re saying, the vocal harmonies still get stuck in your head – which is the mark of a good song.

Pozpatku really shines early on, particularly on Lampy which starts off with a bass line similar to Blink-182‘s Carousel but then explodes into a mixture of pop-punk and Rancid with vocals that sound like Lars Frederiksen and gang vocals to smooth out the edges. This comes as an even stronger surprise as it is the first track where the rough vocals make an appearance which really helps cement the song in your mind.

Sex Deviants‘ Pozpatku is an album that can not be overlooked by any fan of the mid to late nineties skate punk. They successfully overcome the language barrier and deliver an album that verifies the idea that music is truly universal.