Album
Jets to Zurich -
Atmospheric Sound Cycles
Debut album from Aberdare boys
Jets to Zurich is a pretty interesting listen. With instrumental opener The
Trigger setting the rest of the album up nicely with its heavy riffs, blending nicely into
Buzzkiller, with definite traces of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden this song is a perfect starter and is arguably the best song on the album. Tracks such as
Overdriver and
Around the Sun encompass the vocal melodies of early Nirvana but with a more melodic and indier feel.
Tracks
Ghosts of Arizona and
Longwave take a break from the general grungey riffness of the rest of the album to show that these guys can do more than just make noise. Dale Hawkins vocals are strecthed during both tracks but blends in nicely with the guitars.
This Town ain't Vegas (this town is dead) is straight out of the nirvana school of noise, with Hawkins voice maybe a little weak at times against such strong riffs.
Closer
No Alternative ends the album on a definite high note, starting with a nice slow melody of strings and then kicking in with some good strong riffs, Hawkins vocals sounds much better during this tracks and recalls Chirs Cornell at times with the roughness of his voice. Damn good end.
All in all I would say this is a pretty good first offering from Jets to Zurich, heavy riffs throughout showing the influence of grunge but in a more indie and melodic way. Hawkins vocals are at times stretched and made to sound weak on certain tracks but
Buzzkiller and
No Alternative definetly make up for this.
If you like your Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and early Blur then I would def give this album a listen.
Not too bad. Definite potential.
Check the album out at:
http://jetstozurich.bandcamp.com/
Also visit the bands myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/jetstozurich
Single
Evening Chorus -
'No Wreath,No Crown + Blistered Magnolia
Now here at Release Thee Bats we like our noise, we like it big and ballsy and we like plenty of it, but it comes a time in everybodies lives when after way too many rums we need to mellow out, we need to chill, we need to folk it up. Well this is that time, and after the nice folks
Evening Chorus sent us their new double single 'No
Wreath,No Crown + Blistered Magnolia we thought we would give it a gander, and I must say that we enjoyed our gander.
The lead single
No Wreath,No Crown recalls and easily matches Mumford and Sons with its beautiful vocals backed up by quaint but effective accoustic guitars, The 2nd single
Blistered Magnolia recalls Jay Jay Pistolet and Johnny Flynn,with the kind of harmonies you can easily get lost to.
I guess the saying of less means more applies very much to
Evening Chorus and they have applied that theory to great effect here. There's a lot of very good folk bands in Wales at the moment and
Evening Chorus are as good as any of them . Very nice indeed
Check them out at:
http://www.myspace.com/eveningchorus
EP
Spider Kitten - Science Insults Your Intelligence
Yet another release from the awesome Welsh drone metallers
Spider Kitten and after listening to this EP you may need a few minutes to chill out and reflect on what has just happened.
Right from the start the eerie darkness of the record surrounds you and pulls you in and the ambient drones that flow through this EP are reminiscent of Earth and Sunn O))) and its obvious that both bands are of heavy influence.
Starting with the guitar heavy feedback of
The Sun is a Light 32 Miles Across and ending with the ambient noise of
Gravity Does Not Exist this record's doom laden sounds will attach themselves to you and refuse to let go.
In a land of hardcore and metal bands it is nice to hear someone doing something a little bit different.
So if you like Earth,Sunn O))) and The for Carnation then I would definetly recommend this EP to you. Plus it's totally free.
So check it out at:
http://spiderkitten.bandcamp.com/album/science-insults-your-intelligence
Also to check out the bands myspace visit:
http://www.myspace.com/spiderkitten
