Sound Of Guns – Elementary Of Youth EP
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At first glance Liverpool Sound Of Guns may look like another band stuck in a time warp playing music that Cast or Space where playing 10 years before them, but this local band is looking to prove many people wrong with a more new and progressive sound. When you stick the CD in that vision of indie and the past is washed away as “Elementary of Youth” provides a solid opener, and backs the here and now sound the band promised. A track that was once Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest record on the planet’ and it is a powerful start. Add to that ‘Gallantry’ and you have enough here to round up excitement for a future album.
For every good song here there a dud song to knock it down! The strange ‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ is an ok affair until the middle part of the song kicks in with a dreadful guitar mixed with the lead singer singing terribly. This completely kills this song, and makes you angry that a band could produce should a terrible, possibly lazy middle part. After that shocking 3 minutes the last thing I need to hear is ‘Lightspeed’ which is your typical arena song with all the ‘oh’s’ in the right places, but here the band are trying too hard and it doesn’t sound very natural compared to other tracks here.
The hit and miss element of this ep is really frustrating, and Sound Of Guns will need to get rid of the silly rough edges if they are able to make their mark. Until then the silencers are on for these guns.
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