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The Munroe Effect are a four piece band from Portsmouth,
they formed back in 2006 and quickly hit the road
touring across the country with Oceansize, Future
Of The Left and other bands of the same nature,
you can clearly tell that touring with Oceansize
has helped develop the sound of the Munroe Effect
as they play a lot of experimental soundscapes within
their music just like Oceansize do.
The Munroe Effect have just finished working on
their EP 'You Are Goldmouth' which is now due for
release towards the middle of November, the EP features
5 tracks and runs for just over 18 minutes. The
EP opens with 'The Escape (Part One)' and the song
is an epic listen in the way that the band have
crammed so many different soundscapes in and they
are layered in such a special way that the running
of the song sounds spot on, it’s almost got
a space feel about it in places, the vocals come
in towards the end of the song and frontman Dan
Sutton has a soothing set of vocals about him, the
song builds up towards the end as the band unleash
their drumming skills, big guitar riffs and bouncy
bass lines.
After the big build up towards the end of the first
track, everything goes silent for a split second
and then the second track 'Death Of A Tin God' comes
in sounding like a perfect carry on from the previous
song, the guitar riffs throughout the song have
a really catchy vibe about them, the bass lines
also appear to be quite punchy and extremely listenable,
the song really spirals into life as the vocals
become screaming for a mad 5 second burst.
The Ep title track 'You Are Goldmouth' is the longest
running track, running at just over 5 minutes and
it seems to have a mixture of it all, the catchy
guitar riffs and bouncy bass lines are there, the
vocals are soothing and free flowing and at times
the bands more shouty style of vocals come in and
out for short bursts. The most enjoying part of
the song is at the 4 minutes 30 seconds mark, the
music stops like it’s the end of the song
then a second later the band carry on with their
music getting heavier until the outro.
'Monsters' is quite a catchy song, everything’s
faster and louder during this song, but like usual
with the Munroe Effect there are a lot of twists
and turns and various different soundscapes. The
EP finishes with 'Subterranean Death Clash (K&E
Remix) and it sounds quite oddly like the Prodigy
to start with and then the song builds up so much
into something totally different.
What makes the Munroe Effect so talented is the
fact that they cram so many different sounds and
styles within each and every song, it sounds like
each track is actually more than one song, now this
is something that some bands master really well
like the Munroe Effect have done here, but others
make a complete mess of things. The Munroe Effect
are an epic band but I will say they are not for
everyone.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger
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Dan (Vocals)
Andy (Guitar)
Chris (Bass)
Jack (Drums) |
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1. The Escape (Part One)
2. Death Of A Tin God
3. You Are Goldmouth
4. Monsters
5. Subterranean Death Clash (K&E Remix) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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