 
Floods have had a busy couple of years, working
their way around the festival circuit playing
on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage and in between
that and their own headline tour they have had
to deal with a number of line up changes including
a change in vocalists but they have not let that
stop them in their tracks as they have also been
busy working on their self titled debut which
has just been released on Small Town Records and
from listening to the album a few times over it
seems that they are here to take the post-hardcore
scene by storm as the album is well crafted with
a good mix of heavy riffs, hardcore screams and
melodic moments.
‘Floods’ features 11 tracks and runs
for just over 40 minutes and is crammed full of
energy, from the moment the screams and guitar
riffs open up ‘Black Waves’ you just
know that the next 40 minutes are going to be
interesting, the opening track ‘Black Waves’
for example has everything it starts up in ball
breaking screamo way but seconds later it dives
down in the safe boundary’s of melodic singing
and fast paced instrumental work and then 30seconds
later we are back to the big screamo vocals taking
over the airwaves.
‘Snake Eater’ opens in a more safe
way with a flurry of drum beats and melodic vocals
following seconds later but as the song progresses
it twists and turns through vocal styles and at
times you wonder if James Power is going to come
up for air between his screamo vocals which he
lays down amazingly.
The whole album flows in a big way with the majority
of songs using the same formula but it is songs
like ‘Jamie Tatlow’, ‘98’
and album closer ‘Moving On’ that
are going to leave you with built up energy and
rage inside to the fact that you will want to
do your finest Tasmainin Devil impression spinning
around letting your energy escape whilst trashing
everything in sight.
Floods have done really well with their debut
album, even more so with the fact that they have
had to deal with losing their singer which is
enough to finish off most bands but not Floods
as they have bounced back from this and released
a solid debut album which has managed to capture
so much energy that I imagine this is exactly
how Floods sound on the live circuit, which I
will have to find out for myself in the near future.
4/5
Review By Trigger
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