As I was piecing back together my other blog The Amplified Review, which was also deleted over Christmas, I realised that Blackpool alternative rockers were the only band to feature twice in the New Band Specials, and so I thought it must be about time that an album is due from them. After putting out a couple of tracks on Soundcloud in 2015, they released an eponymous EP on Fierce Panda in 2018, and followed this two years later with their 'Whispering Gallery' EP, but so far that's all we've had from them. In their early days a track like 'Cramp' displayed more than a nod to Muse, but by the time they released their EP's they'd developed a sound of their own, with shredding solos, sharp falsettos and bitter sweet tones between blistering instrumentation. They show their shoegaze swagger through tracks like ‘Echoes’, with crashing razor sharp guitars which lacerate through a buoyant backdrop, while ‘Midnight Swim’ is a delicate number which shows they're not all bluster. As I can't wait for the album I've put together my own from all the tracks they've issued so far, and if you end up loving them as much as I do then the album proper can't come soon enough. In the meantime check out a couple of Youtube videos they've uploaded, covering songs by Japan and Echo & The Bunnymen.
Track listing
01 Cramp
02 Unspoken
03 Plan A
04 Othello
05 The Wounds We've Ignored
06 Mania
07 I Do What I Can
08 Midnight Swim
09 So Wrong
10 The Escapist
11 Marionette
12 Echoes
Great post... I really enjoyed their music. I hope they get around to the album proper soon. Burt
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