  
British Pop-punkers Neck Deep are starting the
year as the mean to go on with the release of
their debut album ‘Wishful Thinking’
which is due for release on the 13th January on
Hopeless Records and I am sure the band are still
counting down the days for the release date as
after giving the album a quick listen it is safe
to say that the band have put a hell of a lot
into it and come up with the first full on catchy
album of 2014 which the fans will be able to experience
on the live circuit straight away as Neck Deep
are heading out on tour in the UK from the 8th
January right up until the 10th February before
jetting off to American and touring right up until
the start of April.
If you like listening to music that feels like
it is charging towards you at 100 miles per hour
then you are in luck with ‘Wishful Thinking’
the debut offering from Neck Deep as they have
managed to create an incredibly catchy album which
seriously oozes in fast paced riffs and infectious
vocals which will have you hooked from the opening
seconds of each and every song and that is a pretty
outstanding offering for a debut album.
The album kicks off with ‘Loosing Teeth’
and it is the sheer passion and energy put into
the song which makes it so fun to listen to as
it is a big bouncy catchy number with extremely
infectious vocals and well paced together instrumental
work which bands in the same genre could only
dream of pacing together as well as Neck Deep
have here.
‘Crushing Grief (Losing Remedy)’ is
the lead single to be taken from the album and
the song is about being in a bad place and moving
on from that bad place and I can guarantee that
anyone who is in a bad mood when listening to
the song will have that mood lifted temporarily
as the band smash their way through the song in
a massive infectious way.
‘Staircase Wit’ follows on the bouncy
feel that the album opened with and proves to
be another straight up catchy number. ‘Growing
Pains’ is the latest single to be released
from the album and just like ‘Crushing Grief
(Losing Remedy)’ it is easy to see why the
song has been picked as a single as it is a straight
forward bouncy song which will have the listener
singing at the top of their voice.
It’s not just the music of Neck Deep which
is out to impress as the artwork is just as fantastic
and reminds me of the film Big with the Zoltar
fortune telling machine and with a song titled
‘Zoltar Speaks’ on the album you can
tell that Neck Deep have done their creative homework.
Neck Deep are quite a new signing to the Hopeless
Records roster and they fit the label perfectly
as with ‘Wishful Thinking’ they have
created an album which is crammed with 12 infectious
songs and they are that infectious that I couldn’t
think of a more perfect way to burn off the Christmas
belly than whacking this album on your Ipod whilst
racing around your local park.
4.5/5
Review by Trigger
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