h2o seems to have established their very own interval of releasing a record. every seven years. after 'go' from 2001 it was seven years until 'nothing to prove' and another seven years until they give us 'use your voice'. looks like a pattern here. i really like h2o but fail to explain it. i mean, it's pop/skate punk. cool and all but usually it's not the music i have in my collection on any format. it seems like it just takes some hardcore typical lyrics and a strong connection to the scene to convince me.
whatever it is, i don't waste any time thinking about why i like h2o, i rather use the time to listen to their stuff. their last record 'nothing to prove' was pretty good and set the bar quite high. maybe that's why 'use your voice' can't live up to my expectations. but that is just my personal opinion. it's a strong album at any moment. your piece of summer in this year's winter. that typical h2o easy listening that makes you want to sing along, jump around with friends and stagedive hard.
there were a few colour ways available over at the bridge9 store but i didn't order. i don't do that anymore because of the often mentioned high shipping rates and because distribution for those bigger u.s. labels like deathwish, reaper records or bridge9 is pretty good. if it's not the most limited colour-way you need, you can hang with a lot of good opportunities over here in germany. i ordered again with per koro and got this real lovely opaque blue marble vinyl out of 1000 copies. bridge9. 2015.
