Land of the Freak

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Land of the freak
Sledgeback Freak.jpg
Studio album by Sledgeback
Released September 2014
Genre Punk rock
Label Sliver records
Producer Gabor Hun
Sledgeback chronology
7 years like a broken record
(2012)
Land of the freak
(2014)
36206
(2016)
Professional ratings
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Land of the freak is the fifth full-length album of the Seattle rock band Sledgeback. Released in 2014 by Sliver records, the sound of the album is general punk rock.

Sledgeback American band

Sledgeback is a Seattle, Washington punk rock band formed in early 2004, with Hungarian born American guitarist Gábor Szakácsi as the front man. Former member of the long-standing influential Hungarian punk rock outfit C.A.F.B., "Gabi Hun" moved to Seattle not knowing a word of English, and soon after formed Sledgeback.

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as "proto-punk" music, punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels and other informal channels.

Track listing

  1. "Snitch" - 1:05
  2. "Kill my feelings" - 1:35
  3. "All night long" - 3:46
  4. "New world order" - 1:25
  5. "The hate" - 3:18
  6. "Land of the freak" - 1:36
  7. "Frustration" - 3:04
  8. "Hooligans" - 2:50
  9. "Never look down" - 1:48
  10. "So long baby" - 3:30
  11. "Come" - 1:55
  12. "I am" - 3:39
  13. "Wait for you" - 3:31
  14. "Hey ballerina" - 3:53

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References

  1. "Album Review at Disagreement".
  2. "Album Review at Über Rock".