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To be fair I have never taken time in the past to
listen to anything by The Vines but now I have checked
out their new album 'Melodia', I kind of wish that
I'd listened to these guys sometime ago as 'Melodia'
is one hell of a strong album that is crammed full
of strong catchy songs that are really easy to get
into. The style of the album slightly reminds me
of Supergrass crossed with The Hives and I suppose
that comparision is not too far from the actual
sound. The Vines came out at a time when The Hives,
The White Stripes, The Strokes and The Vines were
all competing within the same music scene, with
people making their choice of which bands they liked
and disliked from the four.
The first album from The Vines came out in 2002
and was called 'Highly Evolved', 'Melodia' is
the fourth album release from the band which means
that I have some serious catching up to do if
I really want to get into these guys back catalogue.
What I have noticed is that The Vines like to
write short but sweet songs that run for about
2 minutes, most of the songs on this 14 track
album run for this length of time apart from 'True
As The Night' which runs well into the 6 minute
mark.
The album starts off on a high with the ever
so fast and catchy 'Get Out', The Vines blast
through the song like there is no tommorrow, the
song lasts for just over 2 minutes which is just
enough time to get you bopping along, this is
good stuff, I officially like The Vines. the next
track 'Manger' comes in sounding a bit heavier
with massive drum rolls, a thick bass line and
the guitar riffs are pretty damn fast it's like
speed has been consumed for lengthy time and The
Vines have been let loose on guitar., the chorus
reminds me slightly of Supergrass which is a good
point as I have all the time in the world for
Supergrass.
'A.S III' is another song that sounds a bit like
Supegrass but more like the chilled out style
like they covered with 'Late In The Day' and songs
like that, at the same time the song also reminds
me of Oasis which can only be a winner.
'He's A Rocker' rocks just as much as the song
title suggests, this is the lead single release
from the album and it's one hell of a fast catchy
short song, the chorus comes in thick and fast,
this is The Vines at their best and proves to
be one of the biggest highlights from the album,
the song is extremely short just missing the 2
minute mark but whilst listening to the song you
really dont notice how short running the song
actually is, maybe the greatness of the song plays
trickery on the brain and gives you the illusion
that the song is on for much longer than it actually
is.
Just under the midway point, well 6 tracks into
the 14 track album The Vines unleash a 59 seconds
intrusmental track on us under the name of 'Jamola'
the song is a good listen and sounds like the
result of something that happened during a crazy
jamming session, it breaks the album down a bit
and gives you a bit of time to get ready to take
in the next song that runs well into the 6 minute
mark.
'True As The Night' is definitely the song on
the album that stands out the most, now I am still
not sure if this is a good point or a bad point
as the song is quite a dark and gloomy song that
runs for well too long and sadly sticks out like
a sore thumb on an album that is crammed full
of fast melodic songs apart from this one song.
However the song is still a good listen but proves
to be a little too much when you notice it's still
going on 6 minutes later.
Luckily things get pretty much back on track
for 'Braindead', well when the track first starts
off you are left thinking that the second half
of the album is not going to be as enjoyable as
the first half as 'Braindead' doesn't really start
off that great but then suddenly the song reaches
a moment of madness with a big fat guitar riff
ripping up the airwaves and a set of shouty vocals,
now this is The Vines at their heaviest best,
it may only be for one track but it's much welcomed.
'Melodia' is a great album by The Vines, I can't
compare it to their previous album releases as
I don't actually have anything to compare it to
due to the fact that I have never taken time out
to listen to The Vines apart from this album but
what I do know is if the previous album by this
Australian indie band are anywhere as good as
'Melodia' these guys are going to have a hard
job picking tracks for their greatest hits album
if they ever do decide to release one.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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Craig Nicholls (vocals & guitar)
Hamish Rosser (drums)
Ryan Griffiths (guitar)
Brad Heald (bass) |
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1. Get Out
2. Manger
3. A.S III
4. He's A Rocker
5. Orange Amber
6. Jamola
7. True As The Night
8. Braindead
9. Kara Jayne
10. Merrygoround
11. Hey
12. A Girl I Knew
13. Scream,
14. She Is Gone |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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