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I have never come across Everest until their album
came through my door a couple of days ago, I have
since gone on and found out that the band are a
four piece band from L.A in America and that they
are signed to Vapor Records who have just gone on
to release their debut album 'Ghost Notes', now
Everest aren’t your typical rock band, for
a start they don’t look emo and are not associated
with the emo scene in anyway unlike most new bands
who take the easy ride to success by becoming the
new scene band on the block, Everest aren’t
heavy either instead they have an easy listening
soft rock sound, a sound that I like but feel they
are going to have a long hard ride to break into
the UK music scene with.
Pretty much the whole of the debut album by Everest
is acoustic or really stripped down rock music,
the album starts off in an acoustic way with 'Rebels
In The Roses' with acoustic guitars being strummed
and the odd keyboard lines being played, frontman
Russell Pollards vocals are really soft and gentle
sounding throughout the song and fits in well
with the overall music of the band, the guitar
solos during the song are big and breathtaking
and clearly shows how talented Everest are as
musicians and also prove you don’t have
to play loud and fast to rock out.
One of the most pleasing tracks on the album
is 'Trees', the song starts out with Russell Pollards
soft soothing vocals singing "Baby I am under
your spell, you changed my world tonight, Baby
I am under your spell you made me come alive I
need time to make this right", the vocals
are really what makes the song they are so clear
and easy listening and you can tell that Pollard’s
enjoying every moment of it, the only instrumental
work running through the song is an ever so stripped
down acoustic guitar line and really tinny sounding
drumming.
Things start off a bit different with 'Into Your
Soft Heart', instead of the acoustic guitar starting
things off, the drumming takes centre stage here
and once again the song runs off into another
chilled out rock song where Pollards vocals once
again sound as good as ever.
Everest are a band who mixes soft rock with country
and folk music and they do it so well, the whole
11 tracks on their debut album are really stripped
down songs but before you start to expect this
to be an album full of ballads or depressing music,
this totally isn’t the case, the band remind
me slightly of UK soft rock band No Machine and
ever so slightly of The Hold Steady, mainly due
to the dad soft rock pub band feel that both The
Hold Steady and Everest have. The main highlight
of the album is Russell Pollards vocals as they
are what makes the songs feel good, his vocals
fit in really well with the music and it’s
quite an enjoyable experience to listen to and
take in his lyrics and follow the stories he’s
singing about.
I know Everest aren’t going to appeal to
every one but I feel that the band need to be
checked out as there is a lot to get out of their
debut album offering, seriously just check out
the song 'Relouder' and you will realise that
Everest may be really soft sounding but they are
also so easy to get into and can come up with
a catchy song that you will want to come back
to time and time again.
As I said above I can’t really see Everest
getting that far in the UK music scene at the
moment, but the ball is now rolling as My Morning
Jacket have picked Everest to open up and support
them on their upcoming UK tour which can only
mean good things for Everest.
Head to your local shop and pick up a copy of
'Ghost Notes' and go for a long road trip whilst
listening to the soulful tunes that are on offer
as Everest provide the perfect driving songs especially
for a long road trip.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Russell Pollard (vocals ,guitar,
drums)
Jason Soda (guitar, keys, vocals)
Joel Graves (guitar, keys vocals)
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1. Rebels In The Roses
2. Trees
3. Into Your Soft Heart
4. Reloader
5. Only In Your Mind
6. Black Covers
7. Angry Storm
8. Stumble Waltz
9. I See It In Your Eyes
10. Standing By
11. Taking On The Future |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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