Alternative Rock is Back on the Rise 4/5
Alternative rock to me died when the alternate darlings 'Foo Fighters' came on to the scene and fucked everything up. I don't mind them, but they are extremly monotonous. Now my hate for all things alternate have turned around from hearing the Bracknell Forests' group self titled EP. It's that alternate - hell, even prog rock as it can be argued - that just makes the EP a genius.
Opening track 'Even On The Darkest Nights' is intriguingly philosophical as the title itself depicts, but although the cut-to-the-chase intro does have a guitar solo that is disagreeable at first soon grows on you, including the prog rock guitar during the song makes it a classic, not to mention the anthem of a track entitled "Kings Cresent", when vocalist Adam Blake sings"I remember my mothers eyes/ I remember my fathers smile", with a reminisce of sadness that can almost connect to the listener. However, the show is stolen for me by the final two tracks "Too late to pretend" and "Awake", with some beautiful singing by Adam
Blake and lead guitarist Danny Harvey wondrous guitar playing, especially on the exquisite acoustic track "Too late to pretend". The length of the tracks could
be debated to being acceptable or not, but for me they do justice by delivering 4 quality songs, and not to mention drummer Charlie Wescombe for some great
drumming and the tight rhythm of bassist Josh Poole, forming the backbone of what could potentially be a formidable fighting force of a band ready to get big in the music world.
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Opening track 'Even On The Darkest Nights' is intriguingly philosophical as the title itself depicts, but although the cut-to-the-chase intro does have a guitar solo that is disagreeable at first soon grows on you, including the prog rock guitar during the song makes it a classic, not to mention the anthem of a track entitled "Kings Cresent", when vocalist Adam Blake sings"I remember my mothers eyes/ I remember my fathers smile", with a reminisce of sadness that can almost connect to the listener. However, the show is stolen for me by the final two tracks "Too late to pretend" and "Awake", with some beautiful singing by Adam
Blake and lead guitarist Danny Harvey wondrous guitar playing, especially on the exquisite acoustic track "Too late to pretend". The length of the tracks could
be debated to being acceptable or not, but for me they do justice by delivering 4 quality songs, and not to mention drummer Charlie Wescombe for some great
drumming and the tight rhythm of bassist Josh Poole, forming the backbone of what could potentially be a formidable fighting force of a band ready to get big in the music world.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/RunToMeMusic