 
Before I get onto the music I just want to say
what a bloody lot of effort the bands put into
the presentation for this EP. Each CD was given
out for free upon entry to their first gig in
a sleeve that looked like a vinyl sleeve and when
the CD is removed they’ve had the grooves
and a label printed onto the CD itself to make
it actually look like a vinyl with the name and
track list on it. To get that produced and giving
it away for free is a big investment and when
it comes out of the bands own pockets it becomes
even more impressive. It just shows that they
are a band that genuinely wants their fans to
be happy and have access to their music easily
and not miss out.
The first track “Fire Desire” is a
fun bouncy track that you can imagine people really
getting a vibe from and dancing to into a club.
It’s in the style of an indie dance track
but with the guitar work not being bland but actually
being quite interesting.
“Mary Jayne” is the same style but
mellower than the previous track; I particularly
like the vocals on this track, the singer has
an extremely good range in his voice and it flows
beautifully through the track rather than being
whiney or wheezy which is refreshing. This is
definitely my favourite track on the EP.
The final and shortest track on the album “Sir
Frank James” is definitely a lot more in
your face and powerful compared to the others.
It’s definitely got a more aggressive feel
to it and is more up tempo than the others and
full of energy.
They’ve tackled different ends of their
sound with this first EP from the mellow through
bouncy and then a song with slight feelings of
aggression. I like to see they’re not just
making every song stick to exactly the same structure
and attitude because that gets boring after a
while whereas with these songs each song has its
own personality.
Definitely a promising first release from the
boys with any luck they can take this sound further
with their next release and with hopefully a few
more songs on the next CD but for a debut release
with no label you couldn’t have done much
better.
4/5
Review by James Webb
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