  
Castor Troy are set to release their debut album
‘Across The Water’ within the next
couple of weeks and for people who are new to
the band they hail from Newcastle Upon Tyne and
formed in the middle of 2012 and draw comparisons
from Alterbridg and Alexisonfire and have spend
a lot of time touring the north of England whilst
also working on their debut album.
The album opens with ‘Chapter One’
a track which I feel should have been left off
the album as it is a bit of a pointless opener
and does nothing for the band at all as by the
time the track gets going it’s time for
it to come to a close as well but I guess it does
lead into the second track ‘Winter Lights’
quite well.
‘Winter Lights’ when it gets going
is quite a fun heavy rock song however there are
some production issues through the song and quite
frankly through the whole album and that is what
makes listening to ‘Across The Water’
quite annoying as the band clearly have potential
but have been let down by some poor production.
‘Undivided’ opens with some dirty
sounding guitar riffs and soaring vocals from
vocalist Benn Gibson and for the majority of the
song it is filled with some outstanding jamming
with the guitars, drums and bass all equally packing
an almighty punch.
‘Nineteen’ see’s the band go
down an unplugged style journey where the instrumental
work is turned right down and so gentle sounding
whilst Benn Gibson is left to sing his heart out
and he does just that and then at the half way
mark the whole band come in with full on instrumental
work.
‘Infatuation’ is another quick instrumental
interlude and it leads you straight into the album
title track ‘Across The Water’ which
is quite a solid sounding loud catchy track which
is structured extremely well and features some
dirty guitar riffs running throughout and Benn
Gibson vocally at the top of his game.
‘Jenny 23’ see’s Castor troy
beef things up as they take us on a 4minute heavy
journey of big riffs and soaring vocals. ‘This
Is Not’ sees the band tone things down again
as the sleepy acoustic track comes to life towards
the end for a good 30 second assault of beautiful
sounds. The album comes to a close with the lengthy
7minute ‘The Condemned’ which twist
and turns for the duration whilst keeping you
entertained.
Overall Castor Troy have the potential to make
a good name for themselves as they are good song
writers and talented performers but have been
let down by some poor production as I am sure
that the songs on this album sound a lot more
banging on the live circuit than they do on record
as at times the hard hitting sound you expect
to soar from your speakers is nowhere to be found
and it is a shame as potential can be heard in
each and every track on offer here.
2.5/5
Review by Trigger
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