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It’s not often that you receive an EP that
comes with a free beer mat stuck to the front of
the EP cover as the artwork, now that in itself
deserves a band 1 star before you have even heard
the music and this is exactly what the Edinburgh
quartet Rieser have done with their new four track
EP ‘Drinking Den’.
If all fairness the EP isn’t a bad effort
the whole artwork and packaging of the EP has
taken some time and effort that is quite clear
to see and the music its self is slightly rocking
but it doesn’t really offer anything new
to the rock scene but Rieser certainly know how
to write some great songs.
The EP opens with the title track ‘Drinking
Den’, and the song reminds me off a poor
man’s version of the huge progressive American
rock band Tool, now by me saying that it doesn’t
mean that the song ‘Drinking Den’
is cool, it just means in comparison to such a
great band it doesn’t really stand a chance
but as a track from a up and coming new band it’s
not an bad effort at all.
‘The Actor’ is a really upbeat song
and the best track on the four track EP, the guitar
riffs are very polished sounding and Chris Blair’s
vocals are more upbeat here than they are throughout
the whole EP.
‘Call Me Round’ is a really slow
paced indie song that fails to really get going,
it keeps with the same pace all the way through
and be fair I have seen faster snails moving than
the pace this song takes.
The last track on the EP is ‘The Ringmaster’
the song reminds me of clowns, circuses and children’s
parties, it’s a pretty random mixture but
they are technically come into the same category
really.
Overall Rieser are going to struggle to break
out of the underground scene especially with the
songs featured on this EP, don’t get me
wrong there are some good ideas and they can all
play their instruments well but they just haven’t
mastered that killer song writing skill yet, maybe
this is the sound and style that the band want
and if so then fair play to them but just don’t
expect big things to happen in the near future.
2.5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Members |
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Chris Blair (Lead Vocals, Guitar)
Greg Jones (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
Mike Edie (Bass, Vocals)
Graeme Chyla (Drums) |
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Listing |
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1.
Drinking Den
2. The Actor
3. Call Me Round
4. The Ringmaster |
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| Review
Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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