 
Essex pop-punkers Reachback are set to release
their debut album ‘Adventureland’
on the 3rd June through Spectra Records, the band
formed back in 2008 and since then they have been
on the road constantly touring and gaining a solid
fan base and through that time they have shared
the stage with the likes of Scouting For Girls,
Mayday Parade, Forever The Sickest Kids and many
other high profile bands and now the band hope
the release of ‘Adventureland’ will
see them enjoy the same success as their influences
All Time Low, Paramore and We Are The In Crowd.
‘Adventureland’ stays pretty true
to its name in the way that the album features
10 tracks of an upbeat bouncy nature where for
the majority things are extremely fast and slightly
cute sounding as the band the band unleash summer
pop-punk anthems back to back.
The album opens with ‘No Place Like Home’
a song which starts off all softly but as soon
as the chorus kicks in things become extremely
melodic as Reachback start to make their mark,
vocalist Ruby Williams has an impressive vocal
range and that is shown perfectly throughout the
song as she changes her range slightly to suit
with the rest of the song.
‘Saviour’ is the band’s latest
single and within the first couple of seconds
you can see why just from hearing the super catchy
“woaah woaaah” backing vocals, as
the song progresses it gets bigger and better
with Ruby Williams telling a story whilst the
tempo of the song builds up for the seriously
infectious chorus which gets more passionate and
spot on towards the end of the song.
Ruby Williams comes in with some speed singing
opening up the nicely titled ‘Slam Dunk
The Punk’ and this is followed up by some
solid guitar and basslines as the band go all
out laying down some fast paced instrumental work,
the song flows perfectly and has enough bounce
for you to blast the song on top volume whilst
having a Spacehopper race to see who can bounce
the quickest to the music.
‘Brave’ really shows off Ruby Williams
vocal range as she really lets go and lays down
her vocals in a such a big and beautiful way with
her vocals sounding bigger and better than anywhere
else on the album.
As the album progresses there is no letting up
as the likes of ‘Fairy Tale, ‘Take
My Hand’, ‘Pretty Slick’, ‘Forever
Young’ all pack a mighty fine infectious
punch as the band manage to keep up the infectious
goodness for the whole 31minute duration of the
album.
I am sure that many people will throw the usual
Paramore comparison over because Reachback are
a female fronted band and even more so because
front lady Ruby Williams shares the same surname
as Paramore’s Hayley Williams but to be
fair Reachback are their own little pop-punk band
who write, record and perform super happy songs
that have the knack of getting in your head for
an extremely long time.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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