ALWAYS LAST Demo Reviewed in PRASASTI HUJUNG LANGIT #2

Talib (formerly wrote East Rage & No More Tears) is now returned with second installment of the bi-lingual zine Prasasti Hujung Langit. This time with more thought-provoking columns/writings/ramblings and also interviews. Very nice front cover and very neat layout. Personally, i suggest you to go and check out this good zine. Always Last demo cd also got reviewed in it. Thanks for the positive review Talib

"Kualiti rakaman yang sangat bagus! musik melodik yang sangat menarik minat sesiapa sahaja untuk turut sama beraksi dan bereaksi. ini dia kugiran Always Last yang telah menjadi sebutan dan buah mulut hampir semua orang yang meminati musik punk rock di Malaysia. penampilan baru oleh ramai personaliti kugiran-kugiran punk rock dari sekitar tanah air. rakan rakan dari The Mindless Show, Skunkfix, Fags and Stoned, Disgruntled dan banyak lagi. pengalaman dan minat mereka terhadap musik ini membuahkan satu lagi kugiran baru yang saya rasa agak lari dari tipikal kugiran punk rock kebiasaan yang saya dengarkan. melodik dan pasti membuat anda merasa riang dan ingin turut serta dalam mosh pit apabila mereka beraksi. membawakan 5 lagu termasuk intro dan salah 1 lagu yang menjadi pujaan ramai ialah Kalau Aku...Pak Lah! sebuah rilisan sendiri yang sangat sederhana, dari segi bungkusan dan muka hadapan. susun atur dan kemasan juga sederhana tetapi sedap mata memandang dan menarik. disertakan sekali helaian untuk lirik untuk memberi anda peluang untuk menyanyi bersama. saya cadangkan kugiran ini untuk mengulang cetak album ini dalam bentuk yang lebih profesional. mungkin dalam bentuk kaset dengan sleeve yang lebih tampak profesional barangkali!"

get the zine from:

Convert (Yr. Mind) Distro

or you can always write to prasastihujunglangit@gmail.com

you can also read the "online version" of the first issue here:

Prasasti Hujung Langit @ Blogspot

Ayuh Riang Ria Di Mosh Pit!

Always Last and our friends in Skunkfix were invited to play a show in Melaka in support our friends Half Asleep tour with Ever After from Indonesia. This turns out to be our first time playing in Melaka! So if you're happen to be around the area, come and join us!

Rock Against Zionism video!

This video was taken during our Rock Against Zionism set at One Cafe on 4th April 2009. The first part was a brief speech of what's happening in the Middle East where people with power abuses the media to make people believe that the Palestinians are the ones who's being violent while Israelis are being oppressed but the truth is really the opposite. The second part is our song "The Best Practices" and also "Stupid Macho Band, End (S)hits!". Super thanks to Wale for the video camera and also Megat Zahrin for filming and converting this to digital format. Thanks to our friends and those who stayed and supported us.

ALWAYS LAST Recording (Part 2)

Last Saturday we went to the studio again to record the vocals. We would like to thank Salman (Soul Savior) who came down all the way from Temerloh just to help us, and also Akmal (TIM/Skunkfix) for helping us with the harmonies and stuff. Thank you guys! We owe you guys a bunch of hugs and kisses. By the way, it's not yet finished, we need to re-record and repair some stuff. Until then.

Hatred Shall Gone! Photos

Last weekend we played a show at Noisy, Ampang. Tobek had to stay in his office slaving himself and couldn't join us. Thank god we had Akmal (TIM/Skunkfix) who filled in for him. Millions of thanks to our friends who stayed until the end of the show with us, Akmal and also the organizers of the show (Nik Ezani and friends), sorry that we kinda fucked up but hey, super thanks for the food and drinks too :)

Hatred Shall Gone!

Always Last NOT playing Theoretical Chaos!

"We are very-very sorry to inform that ALWAYS LAST will not be able to make it for tomorrow's show. This is because Tobek was injured during the Bad Omen show last weekend. It's got something to do with his back. Me and Napi (The Korok) brought him to the hospital and did the X-Ray and luckily nothing really bad happened, but still haven't recovered. We're very sorry Duan, Dean and friends but I will still be going to the show tomorrow! See you there!"

-Shah-

latest updates from Dean:

this just in. tomorrow’s gig is on!

FORTE will replace always last. Forte is a new band made up of Virginia On Duty line-ups and friends. I suppose they play screamo, but I don’t know for sure. Come and see for yourself!

SHALLOW DANCE am going to replace infinite delay. the line-up got sick and being a student sucks (especially during exam/thesis submission period!). An equal replacement I must say. SD is surely and underrated technical grind monster!

QUANTIS is a new band made up of line-ups of Utarid, Kias Fansuri, and Merkuri. FIRST SHOW EVER! Based on what I’ve heard during their practise, damn, this is some good stuff, somewhere between Reversal of Man and Louise Cyphre.

ALWAYS LAST @ MCPA!

We will be playing a show at MCPA together with our friends SKUNKFIX, DUM DUM TAK, CARBON4TEEN and AMARAH, along with the Singaporean ska/punk outfit, THE FULL PLEDGE MUNKEES. The recently reincarnate NET from Johor will be playing as well. See you there!

ALWAYS LAST Recording (Part 1)

Hello everyone! Time for recording updates. We have already started recording. As for now, we have recorded 14 songs for the upcoming full length, tentatively titled as "Antidotes". We did finish all the basic guitar, bass and drum tracks. We booked 2 nights at The Band Shop, Taman Melawati and did 9 songs the 1st night and 5 the next night. All that's left now are the additional guitar layers, amendments here and there and of course the vocals. These wonderful pictures are taken by Red (Part Time Lovers). Thanks Red!

Theoretical Chaos!

We will be playing a studio show on Friday, 24th April 2009 at Studio,Shop,Space! along with dear friends Infinite Delay, and Quantis (heard from people that's Arwith from Second Combat/Kias Fansuri's new band, so better not miss that one). Tell all your friends, come and support this awesome DIY showcase. Plus Studio,Shop,Space! is a must-visit destination! It is owned and operated by our friends. Click on the flyer to view it larger. But, in case you're lazy:

Date: 3rd April 2009
Bands: Inquiry Last Scenery, Dead Disco Dancer, Tools of the Trade

Date: 10th April 2009
Bands: Kids on the Move, Rotten Epistle, Thrash Ohooii!!

Date: 17th April 2009 (Farewell show for Sabah tour)
Bands: CrimeScene, Soophie Sweet Fukk, Sarjan Hassan

Date: 24th April 2009
Bands: Quantis, ALWAYS LAST, Infinite Delay

RM 5 per entry/show
All showcase are all-ages
Show start at 9pm, every Friday (unless noted)
Need directions?
Call +603 4149 3571 or go to studioshopspace.com

See you people there!

ALWAYS LAST demo reviewed in local zines!

from Mosh #11 (November 2008):

"This CD contains 5 songs of fast beats melodic hardcore/punk tunes with wise message lyrics. Among the lyrics are about our current prime minister and also against homophobia. Also contains one hidden track which is an acoustic tune, but they also play it electric at their shows. Enough said, recommended!!!"

from Dead Pigs #2

"I got the CD from their guitarist at Graf Orlock show last year in KL. I'm not sure what is his motive to hand me the CD, either i'm being too sweet or he want a review for this upcoming DP issue. Well for whatever reason it is i'm sure he was right. This piece of good stuff shouldn't be left behind unrecognized. Always Last is a brand new punk rock outfit from Malaysia, comprises people from The Mindless Show that mixes Against Me!, a bit of Satanic Surfers into a jar before blend it with political perspectives. You can hear there is Fat-type of punk been thrown all over the places and i need to praise their own punk engineers for the nice quality of sound for demo. See? Punk engineer rules man! I like this stuff. Catchy, melodic yet politcal and even doing better in live."

What's new with ALWAYS LAST?

We just recorded one new song that will be featured in a compilation called "3 Chords Goes 80's", will be released by Nervhous Records. The song is still in a raw format and haven't been mixed yet. It will be done by Akmal (TIM). The compilation is a project of a bunch of local punk bands covering Malay songs from the 80's. Some of the bands that will be on it are such as Dum Dum Tak, Stick No Bill, Skunkfix, TIM and a bunch of others. Keep your eyes open on that one!

On the other note, Always Last will start recording our full length some time next week. The record is tentatively titled as "Antidotes". As for now we have like 13 songs ready. We are super stoked about recording them. We will try to put the updates on the recording here as frequent as we can.

OUT NOW! on Nervhous Records!

Our band/personal copies of the first "S/T" demo have already sold out but we got help from Nervhous Records who are willing to re-release this CD. So from now on, those who are interested can get a copy of this from Nervhous Records or you can get it at shows that we play. Thanks in advance!

Here is the tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Theoritically Rhetoric is Pathetic
3. The Best Practices
4. Kalau Aku Pak Lah!
5. Partial
6. Jom Layan Punk! (Acoustic)

You can get the demo CD for only RM4 (by hand) and RM5 (post-paid) from:

Nizang,
49 Jalan Rahim Kajai,
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail,
60000 Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA.

or

Shah,
36 Jalan Bunga Melati 2/2,
Seksyen 2,
40000 Shah Alam,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
MALAYSIA.

Rock Against Zionism Photos!

Do It With Your Friends!

Last friday we gathered at Seri Kembangan to make props for last Saturday's Rock Against Zionism show, which was held at One Cafe. Super thank-you's to Amert, Andak, Nizang, Emy, Akmal, Napi and friend, Buying and Norly for staying up late and helping us out with the props.

What we did was during our song "Comforting Asses", we brought out all the props to the mosh pit and played with them like what RAMBO did (nowhere near as good as them). What we tried to project is the role of major TV corporations such as CNN, CNBC and FOX in the Middle East conflict. The news that world get are usually biased, one-sided and not as true to what's really happening in the Middle East. This is because those news are filtered by those who are in power , such as the owner of the networks themselves and those Israeli consulates in the United States. This was inspired by this documentary called "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land". We suggest that you go and google or find a way to watch this really good documentary.

Thanks also to Salman, Namo, Ika and the others who participated and also who stayed until the end of the show and supported us. Kudos to you all! Not to forget Apis C14 and Red Ink Entertainment for inviting us to play the show. RM1 from each ticket goes to Aman Palestine Funds.

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