MILLENCOLIN Vinyl & CDs

Review: Swedish cult skate/pop-punks Millencollin scorched through the nineties on the momentum of several excellent records, with their often overlooked third effort, 'For Monkeys', tiptoeing (skateboarding) a fine line between very subtle ska-punk bop and melodic hardcore gruffness.

In all seriousness though, it's unfiltered, lo-fi, unpretentious pop-punk of the rawest and realest variety, reissued to rediscover nostalgia anthems such as 'Lozin' Must', which trudges along with the same charm of early day Blink-182 or Green Day.

Review: Swedish skate punk survivors Millencolin have been doing it since the early 90s and they've scaled some great heights in their time. One such peak was undoubtedly 2008 album Machine 15, which features some of their most immediate earworms but also some of their sharpest harmonies and songwriting. 'Detox' is an irrepressible, bouncy blast of melodic punk that would have been a global radio hit in a just world, but then Millencolin do just as well as legends amongst their peers on Epitaph. Remastered and repressed on grey vinyl, it's 15 years young for this seminal slice of pop-punk-rock.