Album Review
Thoughts Collide  - Sky High And ClimbingThoughts Collide - Sky High And Climbing

Brighton based rockers Thoughts Collide formed in the summer of 2005 and ever since then they have been on a good journey, a journey to get recognised, a journey too, because many peoples favourite bands including themselves and a journey to be one of the hardest working rock bands in the music scene today and it looks like things have been quite positive for these guys so far with many of the major named magazines picking up on the band and saying a fair few positive things about them, they have shared stages with Gallows, Enter Shikari, Inme, Brigade and even opened up The Taste Of Chaos in 2006 in their home town of Brighton, now that is some achievement especially considering these guys had only been going for a year when that happened.

Now if you would like to fast-forward to the later part of 2008, Thoughts Collide have not long released their 5 track self-produced debut EP called 'Sky High And Climbing' and I can now see what all the hype is about as this EP is top stuff from start to finish and it just leaves me wondering why these guys are still unsigned when their EP shows signs that these guys are going to be a big part of the alternative music scene in time to come.

'Sky High And Climbing' kicks straight off with the first track 'I Guess You Just Weren't Built For This', the opening of the track is filled with loud drum rolls and it’s only seconds before frontman Jason Dazleman's strong sounding loud vocals come in, the song is crammed full of crunching guitar riffs, strong vocals and an all over melodic ride and to be fair that’s pretty much what the whole EP is like from start to finish apart from the additional spaced out soundscapes that comes in every now and again to give you a short break from the hecticness these guys have to offer.

'Take It All' is another really strong sounding track, once again the guitar riffs rule, with the bands metal style riffs and frontman Jason Dazleman's vocals flow freely in such a strong loud way that verges on the melodic territory without becoming too poppy, It seems that Thoughts Collide have a lot of ideas and like to cram as much as possible into each and every song and this is something that impresses me and should surely impress pretty much everyone else that comes across this EP.

The best seems to be saved for last here with the final track on the EP 'Give Me Your Voice' being the track that stands out the most to me, the song is loud and fast and has them playing their instruments like there is no tomorrow, for example the drum beats sounds like there is a massive 100 people marching band blasting through my speakers, the guitar riffs are equally as fast and furious and bring out enough sound to please the biggest of guitar geeks out there, the whole song has been brought together really well and brings excitement into your life.

If you like your hardcore bands like Alexisonfire, Thrice, Fei Comodo and even InMe then I would recommend that you give Thoughts Collide a bit of your time and check out their debut album 'Sky High And Climbing', as these guys are as fresh and exciting as the bands I have just mentioned, if not better than some of them.

Thoughts Collide are a multi talented band musically, they can without a doubt write really strong sounding songs, they can also craft them together really well and the whole production of the EP is spot on, it seriously can’t be faulted and this is something that the band have managed to do themselves, they deserve to be in the mainstream of the music scene and I think if they play their cards right then their time will come sooner or later.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Thoughts Collide - Band
Jason Danzelman (Vocals, Guitar)
Fish (Bass, vocals)
Joe Welsh (Guitar)
Dan Freese (Drums)
 Track Listing
01 - I Guess You Just Weren't Built For This
02 - Take It All
03 - The First To Escape
04 - Further Than My Eyes Can See
05 - Give Me Your Voice
 Band Related Links
Thoughts Collide Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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