It swings and particularly throbs with the same raw musical energy of a public house pub punk in action, especially capturing the performativity of the live music in its “Future Forecast”. The Melbourne quintet offers many anthems that are all accompanied by hooks and commanding tempos causing the album to feel like a wealthy and vibrant life. Songs such as “Freakin ‘Out” or “Sophie” demonstrates its capacity to incorporate elements of music’s melodies into punk’s infringement philosophy. The sound quality is clean to allow the individual instrument to be well recorded and there is a loose raw feeling of the live performance. The band Civic features an effervescent frontman who goes by the name of Jim McCullough to great effect on this song;With the energetic vocal delivery that is inviting for the listener, this song can really get one wishing for the live concert experience present in the current restricted setting in “Future Forecast”. This album solidifies Civic to be a band to look forward to in the punk genre.The intensity of the album: It displays that Civic can produce powerful and a penetrating punk music album.
