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After hearing the latest Violent Soho single ‘Jesus
Stole My Girlfriend’ I had been very excited
about getting hold of their forthcoming self titled
album which is due for release on the 2nd August,
luckily the wait to get hold of the album wasn’t
long as the album came through my door a few days
after I posted the single review online and it has
not left my CD player since because it is absolutely
fantastic.
‘Violent Soho’ features 10 tracks
and I am pleased that each and every track on
the album apart from one features the heavy pace
and attitude of the lead single ‘Jesus Stole
My Girlfriend’ , the album opens with ‘Here
Be Dragons’ and it is a tub thumper of a
song from the opening scream vocals right through
until the closing blast on the drums, the song
is a proper grunge number and reminds me of the
style of bands such as Zico Chain and Nirvana
but in my opinion even better.
As mentioned above ‘Jesus Stole My Girlfriend’
is the song that got my into Violent Soho and
it is a dirty gritty sounding grunge song that
has everything going for it, you really need to
give it a listen to understand what I mean and
to gain appreciation for the song and trust me
you won’t be forgetting the song in a hurry
once you have given it a listen.
‘Son Of Sam’ opens with some great
drum beats with the fast blazing guitars coming
in seconds later taking you on an extremely fast
paced ride until the screeching vocals come in,
vocally as the song progresses it becomes extremely
melodic but what is good about it is the fact
that the guitars maintain the same fast paced
rhythm throughout the majority of the song.
‘Generation’ bounces along at such
a great pace, the guitars and bass together feature
so much groove and bounce that they really make
the song what it is, the song has a slight commercial
feel about it and should be considered for a future
single release as I couldn’t think of a
more perfect sounding song on the album to hear
over the radio as everything about it is spot
on.
Like most albums Violent Soho have featured a
token slow song on the album and that song is
‘Outsider’ and it comes in just after
the half way mark on the album and I have to be
honest that the song is to stripped down for my
liking and does come across like a filler but
then again I am sure some people will appreciate
it as considering the pace that the rest of the
album runs at it does make for a nice break.
‘Slippery Tongue’ starts off sounding
very mellow and stripped down as well but luckily
after about 40 seconds the song springs into life
and ends up sounding quite like some early Foo
Fighters material.
The album closes with ‘Narrow Ways’
and it is a bit of an odd sounding song in the
way that it doesn’t really go anywhere and
fails to stand out in anyway but at the same time
it is an alright song and shows a totally different
side of Violent Soho which in my eyes is a good
way to go out on.
If you want 30 minutes of good honest heavy alternative
music then Violent Soho have just come up with
the perfect soundtrack for you as their self titled
album is so damn good that I can not recommend
it enough seriously head to their MySpace and
check them out and count the minutes between listen
to the songs and yourself buying the album.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Luke Boerdam
James Tidswell
Luke Henery
Michael Richards |
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1. Here Be Dragons
2. Jesus Stole My Girlfriend
3. Son Of Sam
4. My Generation
5. Muscle Junkie
6. Outsider
7. Slippery Tongue
8. Love Is A Heavy Word
9. Bombs Over Broadway
10. Narrow Ways |
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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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