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Witches are a six piece band from Oxford, they have
been making music since 2005 and they state that
they are influenced by a wide variety of bands such
as Radiohead, The Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Faith
No More and you can clearly tell that they are influenced
by many more bands such as Tool and 568.
These guys are currently writing their second
album which is due to be released sometime in
2009 and at the moment they are circulating five
brand new tracks, some which may appear on their
second album once it is released in 2009 but in
the meantime they are releasing the 5 tracks as
a promo only EP to give people a taster of what
they can expect from the new album.
The 5 tracks on the self titled Witches promo
EP are all really listenable, the good thing about
Witches is the fact that no two songs by them
are the same, their style and sound changes for
each song which shows just how hard Witches are
trying to have a unique sound.
The EP starts with 'There's A Darkness', the
song is a mid-tempo song, the guitar riffs are
really intense, the vocals flow well sounding
slightly like Thom Yorke from Radioheads style
of vocals in places but more melodic most of the
time, especially as the song builds up towards
the end with the huge trumpet sounds running highly
over the vocals. The arrangements of the whole
song is spot on, it starts off really chilled
out and builds up well to a more heavy sounding
outro whilst still keeping things mellow.
'Stammer' see's the band take a totally different
direction from the first song as they head out
in a full blown electronic journey with keyboard
sounds and various different synths leading the
song, the vocals are more upbeat and fastly executed,
the sound here reminds me very much of the London
based band 586.
Midway through the EP comes 'Leave' the song
is a slow-tempo song and to be honest is the weakest
track from the EP, the only saving point for the
track is when it reaches just over 3 minutes in
length, a beautiful piece of music from the trumpet
comes in and adds a bit of excitement to the song.
'Church Bed's' is a really interesting song,
the music running throughout the song is outstanding
and so is the lead vocals, they sound quite eerie
and spooky, the instrumental work during this
song is amazing and you can clearly tell that
The Witches love to experiment with instruments
and 9 times out of 10 they come up smelling like
roses with their final result.
The last song on the EP is 'BOK' the song is
very experimental sounding and it reminds me so
much of 'Vicarious' from Tool especially with
how the song opens with marching band style drumming,
twangy guitar riffs and various different soundscapes
that build up in volume the longer the song runs
for, when the vocals come in they are quite eerie
sounding and so similar to those of James Maynard
Keenan from Tool, without a doubt this is the
strongest song from the EP and a song that Witches
just have to include on their forthcoming second
album.
Witches were a complete new band to me until
I gave this cd a listen and I have to say that
I am very impressed with them, they are a really
ambitious band who know how to write perfect sounding
songs, the songs are full of passion and emotion
and the band have such a strong creative edge
as each song sounds different from the last.
A lot of great bands have come out of Oxford
and hit the mainstream and Witches have the potential
to be the next if they continue in their creative
ways.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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1. There's a Darkness
2. Stammer
3. Leave
4. Church Beds
5. B O K |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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