 
Surry 5 piece Forever Wednesday are releasing
their debut album entitled depths “Depths”;
I’ve been giving it a thorough listen over
the past week and for a debut CD, the lads have
certainly done themselves proud. I enjoy the chance
to check out up and coming British bands as I’m
waiting for the next big thing to burst out onto
the scene and I want to watch them grow. Forever
Wednesday instantly left an impression with their
album cover; professionally produced, well thought
out and extremely visually appealing, making a
big statement with the look as well as the sound
proves that they mean business.
So my expectations are high, excitement is building
up by the minute that this is what I’ve
been waiting for. The intro track plays and then
rolls onto the first track “Define Irony”;
I was gutted to put it simply, not a terrible
song but not anything I’d hoped for felt
empty and lacking. However following this track
are the songs “Time To Get A Real Job Mr
Wolf” and “The Deserter” which
I have renamed the savoir songs as they are massive
tracks with big lyrical hooks and atmospheric
guitar work and my hopes are back up again. The
album only picks up from here and all disappointment
and doubt just washes away.
“Navigate” and “Spitting Bullets”
are heavy yet retaining the melody to which the
hooks lie in, the addition of proper metal growls
at appropriate moments adds a heavy edge to the
bouncy melody. The songs that encompass the bands
melodically atmospheric style at its finest are
“Viruses” and “Days of Youth”,
these songs in particular are incredibly infectious
with a thick bouncy beat, catchy vocal lines and
playful guitar work which is in my opinion the
best side of their style to focus on and a direction
for this band to continue to follow.
With all the compliments here I feel there needs
to be some criticism for the band to really grow
into the next big thing; the album is not 100%
perfect nor the release that will be the thing
to throw them into the big time, but what it is
and the thing I’m really excited about here
is that it’s the foundation work for something
phenomenal to emerge. Something to work on and
refine for any future releases, at the moment
it stands as a good release but next time the
only thing I would recommend that the band try
to slightly improve are some of the clean vocal
lines, as some of the changes in pitch and tone
in some places seem a bit unnecessary. With everything
I’ve heard here I am confident that Forever
Wednesday will follow in the footsteps of some
of the British born greats that have preceded
them.
4/5
Review by James Webb
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