EP Review

Attention Thieves - Hard TruthsAttention Thieves – Hard Truths

I have been enjoying the music of Attention Thieves for a couple of years now and was even impressed to see their energetic set at Hit The Deck Festival back in April, shortly after the festival they went on to release their amazing single ‘Take A Bow’ and now they are gearing up for the release of their new 6 track EP ‘Hard Truths’.

‘Hard Truths’ opens with the tasty sounding ‘Prove You Wrong’ which wastes no time kicking arse with an outstanding guitar intro where the constant drumming comes in moments later before front man Alex Green comes in laying down his gritty sounding vocals in a slight angry manner, as the song progresses it gets better and better as the band do incredible well jamming together and generally creating a song which is so big and pleasing on the ears.

‘I Swear’ is yet another beastly track it is the kind of song you want to listen to in your car where the volume is up loud the windows are wide open and you are carefully tapping your steering wheel to the spot on drum beats whilst bopping your feet to the infectious sounds and screaming along to the vocals of Alex Green whilst ever so carefully doing your best to drive to your usual standards.

‘Why Do I Care At All’ is an infectious song from start to finish, the instrumental work from the band are on top form again whilst Alex Green drops the gruff vocals and goes for more straight forward infectious singing with a few screams thrown in for good measures which are backed up by gang vocals from the band.

When ‘Dead In The Water’ get’s going it becomes a massive sounding song with soaring vocals and big constant drum beats with a big angry vibe coming through the speakers as the song progresses to its climax.

‘To The Rats’ starts off in quite a laid back way compared to the rest of the EP with minimal sounding instrumental work and slow paced chant-a-long vocals from Alex Green which see’s him chant “Where are you going now, did you stop taking care of yourself, you look burnt out, you’re looking frail” before the whole band come in for the explosive chorus which is bound to cause a scene in the mosh pit at future shows.

The EP closes with the recent single release ‘Take A Bow’ and it is the perfect way to close the EP as the song features everything from big build ups, classic break downs, standout drum beats,driving guitar riffs, clean cut vocals, angry sounding vocals and a chorus which was written for thousands of people to scream at the top of their lungs.

Despite all the up’s and down’s Attention Thieves have faced since they set of in the music industry back in 2009 all the hard work is finally paying off for them and ‘Hard Truths’ is the release that is going to get this impressive four piece the attention, praise and recognition that the truly deserve.

5/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Alex Green
James "Hag" Harris
Ryan Davies
Simon "Sim" Chambers
 Track Listing

1. Prove You Wrong
2. I Swear
3. Why Do I Care At All
4. Dead In The Water
5. To The Rats
6. Take A Bow

 Band Related Links
Attention Thieves Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?