Every now and then we encounter a new wave of music. Since 2011, this huge wave of post-punk / hardcore-based bands started taking place on both coasts of The United States. Bands like Title Fight, Turnover, and Basement gave this new music scene a name. Today I'm bringing you a product of this new genre, all the way from Tasmania and Singapore, Decades, and Saturdays released a wonderful split extended-play.
The EP starts off with Decades' part. This band happens to sound quite nice and catchy- like a band you'd listen to on the radio and think that you like what you're listening. Don't get me wrong, though, the guitar work is quite fuzzy and the voice style resembles the 90's grunge. The choruses on both Decades' songs are really catchy and well written. The only downside for Decades in comparison to the other band on the split, Saturdays, is the audio quality.

What I like about splits is that bands compliment each other, they support each other (The Wonder Years and All Or Nothing; Touche Amore and La Dispute; or Such Gold and A Loss For Words), and that's really wonderful. In this case both bands are starters in the big music scene and by doing it together, and by being outside of the US and UK, they are proving that music really gets everywhere (and by that, can come from anywhere).

Something awesome about Saturdays, is that it is a one-man-band and that the frontman recorded everything in his own room. The Saturdays' part of the split is what really got me hooked with the EP, though. Being a band I follow from their beginning, I was really stoked to hear that Syafiq (the frontman), was finally releasing material and that he's doing it through Sam Records. Anyways, getting back to the record; Saturdays hits a familiar spot with their lyrics. I was too young to realize that you were gone / before I knew it, time was catching up on me is an example of the writing style the band has.

Sound-wise, Saturdays are quite faster than Decades, really resembling Turnover's self-titled. The vocal-style is something to take as the bands trademark; being a mesh of hardcore vocals and emo a la Sunny Day Real Estate singing style. The guitars are catchy,  the drums are powerful, and the production is amazing for the sake of being recorded in a bedroom.

Overall this record is great and proves that "darker" music can be catchy and pleasurable to listen-to. Give it a listen and let's hope that both bands continue writing music.

8/10