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I remember reviewing the debut self titled EP by
The Humour a couple of years ago and being blown
away by the sound of the band and then about a year
ago I checked out their latest single at the time
called ‘One More Drink’ and was slightly
disappointed in the direction that the band went
in with the son, however they are now back with
their new mini-album ‘You’re Gonna Pay’
which is due for release on the 14th June and it
is safe to say that my original high opinion on
the band has been reinstated after giving the mini
album a listen.
The opening song to the mini-album is the title
track ‘You’re Gonna Pay’ and
the song is big sounding from start to finish
it opens with bouncy basslines and groovy guitar
riffs that are bound to get your feet moving,
the vocals from James Taylor are loud clear and
fast paced sounding very much like Ian Watkins
from Lostprophets in places, the whole production
and feel of the song is spot on and faultless
and overall the song is a massive sounding 3minute
long rock classic.
‘Let It Go’, is a lot more poppy
than the opening track, vocally the song flows
fast and in-between the fast flowing vocals there
are backing shouts and screams from the band of
“yeah, yeah”, the lyrics to the song
are well written and well easy to pick up on for
a good old jolly sing-a-long.
The opening vocals of ‘Living On Your Own’
are great with James Taylor softly singing “She’s
sipping cocktails at the back of the bar, she’s
looking for a man who sends her straight to the
stars but no one seems to satisfy” and then
James vocal style changes for a moment as he shouts
“what she craves”, the song flows
like this throughout with the vocal style changing,
instrumentally the song is well charged with killer
guitar riffs, constant drum beats and basslines
there to make you move.
‘Radio’, Is your token slow paced
radio friendly song that has a big sing-a-long
chorus so really it has been perfectly named,
when the chorus of the song kicks in you do really
start to appreciate the greatness of The Humour
and start wonder how soon it will be before they
hit the big time, serious if these guys don’t
get picked up for the next Kerrang tour then Kerrang
have issues.
‘Gasoline’ is all about the instrumental
work as the opening jamming session lasts for
a good 30 seconds and it is fantastic, as soon
as the vocals come in the song changes in direction
and goes on a very loud melodic ride.
The mini-album closes with ‘Mama’,
a really fast paced infectious song that is bound
to become a future fan favourite at the band’s
gigs.
If you have never come across The Humour then
I suggest that you head over to their MySpace
right away and stream a couple of their songs
as they are fantastic and have a sound that is
going to go down extremely well in the UK and
equally as well in the America, ‘You’re
Gonna Pay’ is the perfect mini-album, the
only downside is that it is so good that it has
left me wanting to hear more from these guys.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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James (Vocals)
Matt (Guitar)
Luke (Bass)
Dan (Drums) |
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1. You're Gonna Pay
2. Let It Go
3. Living On Your Own
4. Radio
5. Gasoline
6. Mama
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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