P.J.F, the side project of Christian punk band Peter118 has released a five song ep of punk and rock tracks leaning a bit away from the punk of Peter118 but still strong in their Christian message.
P.J.F., Put Jesus First, is an interesting side project from Peter (Szczepanski ) Field (Senseless, Ambassadors of Shalom, Peter 118). I’m not sure the whole story here, but the title track actually dates back to at least 2020, so there must be some story there. Peter118 has a bit of success and notoriety when the band’s 2016 Need You More ep caught the interest of legendary DJ Rodney Bengenheimer and the band’s video started getting some mainstream airplay. Peter118 released an Anthology and live album in 2018 and that was the last I heard from them.
“See it Through” opens up the ep and is the track that has been around at least in video form since at least 2020 and from the opening, one can pick up that there is more of rock tone and structure to the song than the catchy melodic punk from Peter118, so there are some differences here. My ears some early grunge influence going on reminiscent of something from Nirvana Bleach and then there is a pretty solid guitar solo to mix things up.
Thumper Punk Records is thrilled to release “See It Through” from PJF, the rock and metal side project from Stoke-on-Trent, England, based pop-punk legend Peter118. This album has all the melodic goodness of a Peter118 release, but features louder more gritty vocals, pummeling drums and masterful metal guitar shredding. Five songs to rattle your senses, and uplift your spirits.
Southern California punk band CPR317 have released Great Memories a retrospective of their catalog with three new songs and some live tracks added in for good measure covering 2014 – 2020.
Today marks the release of “Standing United with Tina”, a two volume music compilation to raise funds to help pay medical expenses of Tina Chaves, publisher of the Punk N Praise webzine. Tina has been a long-standing supporter of the punk and hardcore community, publishing a quarterly webzine containing band interviews, album reviews, poetry, artwork, coffee commentary, and the latest scene news, with many of the bands covered sharing her Christian faith. Tina has been diagnosed with cancer, a disease that has already impacted her family, and will be starting chemotherapy treatments soon. 34 bands have lovingly contributed songs to help support Tina through music, and hopefully raise some funds for our dear friend’s treatment. Both volumes are free or “pay what you want” with all funds going to Tina’s medical expenses.