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The Manic Shine are a four piece band from London
who formed just under two years ago and since then
the band have been touring across the UK and clocking
up a steady fan base in the process, in early 2010
the band headed to The Animal Farm Studios in London
to record their new self titled 3 track EP which
I have been meaning to review for a while now but
due to a two week holiday aboard and a mad catch
up game since getting back the review has been heavily
delayed until now.
As mentioned above the EP features 3 tracks and
they are ‘Pretend’, The Escape’
and ‘Burn Me On The Ceiling’ and all
three tracks ooze in style but in their own unique
way as each track is so different from each other
which is what makes The Manic Shine stand out
from other bands as they have the ability to create
unique sounding songs with last ability.
The EP opens with ‘Pretend’ a song
which opens up in such a slow way but progresses
to be quite an uplifting radio friendly track,
especially during the chorus which features rocking
guitar riffs, a bouncy bassline and beautifully
executed vocals from front man Ozzie Rodgers,
overall the song is a proper foot tapping anthem
that you will never grow tired of.
‘Burn Me On The Ceiling’ verges on
country music with it’s opening riffs which
run for a good 45 seconds before Ozzie’s
vocals come in and the general sound of the song
changes to a beautiful upbeat rhythm which last
for the majority of the song, the twangy sounding
basslines are fantastic and in general the instrumental
work proves that the members of The Manic Shine
are some musical geniuses.
‘The Escape’ is the last song on
the EP and also happens to be the most epic track
running for a good 6minues and 22seconds and features
some incredible riffs, soundscapes, guitar solos
and general groove that cannot be faulted especially
during the last couple of minutes of the song
which is an instrumental masterpiece in my eyes.
It’s not every day that you come across
a fantastic new band such as The Manic Shine,
these guys are so talented and for a band that
has been together for under two years they are
well ahead of their game and defiantly have a
bright future ahead of them.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Ozzie Rodgers
James Hutchison
Tamir Karp
Orren Karp |
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1. Pretend
2. The Escape
3. Burn Me On The Ceiling |
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| Review
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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