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It’s quite rare these days to find female
fronted rock bands, I can pretty much count on both
of my hands how many female fronted rock bands have
made the mainstream and that would include Nightwish,
Evanescence, Within Temptation, Flyleaf and a few
more low key style bands such as The Vincent Black
Shadows and the very new Lucidfly and now we have
Exoterik to add to that list, ok they might not
be a mainstream band at the moment but there sound
is powerful and they have the potential to raise
out into the mainstream scene.
Exoterik are a four piece band from Leeds in
the UK and they are made up of Tom Fay on guitar,
Darren Townes on bass, Steve Riley on drums and
Anneka Latta on vocals and keyboards, they released
their debut album ‘Don’t Swollow’
back in 2008 and they have no just released their
second album ‘Butterfly In Your Hand’.
The whole of ‘Butterfly In Your Hand’
is upbeat with powerful fast flowing catchy vocals
to pull you in and chunky guitar riffs to add that
extra bit of meaty power to the mix, the songs are
full of groove and with the mix of catchy vocals
and chunky instrumental work being very pleasing
on the ear.
The opening track ‘Reason To Live’
pulls you in straight away with its fast paced
keyboard style introduction which see’s
Anneka Latta’s beautiful and melodic vocals
coming in seconds later, the song like most songs
on the album has a slight dark gothic feel to
it.
‘No Happy Ending’ follows on nicely
from the opening track with its fast flowing melodic
vocals, once again the instrumental work in executed
with pure talent and energy. ‘Scream To
Be Heard’ starts off with a softly spoken
piece with minimum soundscapes, the guitars come
in a few seconds later taking the song to another
level. ‘Pressure’ is the token slow
track on the album and it is all about listening
to Anneka Latta shine with her melodic brand of
vocals.
‘Start Again (Part One) and ‘Start
Again (Part Two)’ are interesting songs,
the first is more of a short introduction with
its short running of 43 seconds and overall mellow
feel, whilst ‘(Part Two) the guitars charge
up from the start packing a bit chunky punch,
everything about the song is spot on from the
passionate vocals to the energetic instrumental
work.
‘Uninvited’ is another song which
really needs to be checked out as it is so different
from any of the other tracks on the album.
I cannot find a fault within the music on ‘Butterfly
In Your Hand’ everything about it is so
listenable and they have the potential to take
on the heavy weight bands in the same scene such
as Evanescence and Within Temptation and I bet
they are even more of a pleasure to see live than
they are to listen to on CD.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Anneka Latta (Vocals, Keyboards)
Tom Fay (Guitars)
Darren Townes (Bass)
Steve Riley (Drums) |
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1. Reason To Live
2. No Happy Ending
3. Scream To
Be Heard
4. Pressure
5. Breakdown
6. Start Again (part one)
7. Start Again
8. Reason In Ruins
9. Uninvited
10. Butterfly In Your Hand |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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