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The Vincent Black Shadow are a four-piece band from Vancouver Canada and
are made up of Robbie Kirkham on guitars, Chris Kirkham on bass, Tony Kirkham
on drums and Cassandra Ford on vocals plus a few guest musicians on keyboards
throughout many songs on the album. The band has taken their name from Hunter
S. Thompson book 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' where the mysterious motorcycle,
The Vincent Black Shadow is mentioned. The bands debut album 'Fears in the
Water' is just about to be released in the UK.
'Fears in the Water' opens up with the bands current UK release 'Metro'
which is also the song that got me into the band and I’m sure once
you hear it you will be hooked as well. 'Metro' is such an upbeat song
with vocalist Cassandra Ford's powerful vocals sitting nicely above the
classic keyboard sound that runs throughout the whole song. The song is
totally full of energy and is so catchy that you will either be singing
or humming along in no time.
Anthony Kirkham starts off 'Control' bashing his drums and soon after
Cassandra's powerful vocals take the song away with Robbie Kirkham and
Chris Kirkham popping up now and again with strong backing vocals giving
the song an extra edge.
The introduction to 'Bullets on the Tracks' has to be one of the best
introductions to a song I have heard in a long time making the song such
a winner. 'Don’t Go Soft' is another great song and is the kind
of song at gigs where people light up the air with their lighters and
sway side to side to the mellow music being played. 'Valentine' features
some stunning lyrics and is the kind of song you will find yourself listening
to time and time again without it growing old. 'Broken' see's Cassandra's
vocals sounding different than they do on most of the album and has such
a big chorus that’s bound to stick in your head.
Some great keyboard work dominates on the poppy sounding 'The House Of
Tasteful Men'. 'Surgery' has a bit of a dark introduction and is a song
about people who are obsessed with plastic surgery. 'Ghost Train Out'
is one of my favourite songs on the album with its mellow sing a long
love song feel. An electronic sounding introduction opens up the albums
title track 'Fear's In The Water' and the band come together and produce
a great song with Rob's intense guitar playing, Chris's stunning bass
lines, Anthony's drum bashing and cymbal smashing and Cassandra's eerie
sounding vocals making up one of the most rocking tracks of the album.
To be fair it would have been easier for me to name and write about the
bad songs on the album but if I did that I would have a blank review as
the album is thirteen tracks and each one is as different and as good
as the last. The Vincent Black Shadow has such a powerful, energetic and
catchy sound unlike any band around at the moment and are taking the right
steps towards success. Seriously go and buy this album, it’s most
likely to amaze you and be sat in your cd player for months to come and
if it doesn’t I would go to your doctor and check if you are alive.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Cassandra Ford (Vocals)
Rob Kirkham (Guitar)
Anthony Kirkham (Drums)
Chris Kirkham (Bass) |
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1. Metro
2. Control
3. Bullet On The Track
4. Don't Go Soft
5. Valentine
6. Broken
7. House Of Tasteful Men
8. Surgery
9. Ghost Train Out
10. Fears In The Water
11. Dream
12. This Road Is Going Nowhere
13. Letters To No One |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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