The Red Heroes - 'It Fills That Void For Me' review
So, The Red Heroes from over in the States are putting an album out in September, and I got a lil' exclusive blast of the thing prior to release. Here's a lil' review of said album...
"So
these guys play pop-punk in a very modern,
Western style in the vein of bands like MAN OVERBOARD and THE WONDER YEARS, and despite being similarly and unashamedly saccharine both
musically and lyrically (though there IS some pretty miserable
subject matter), THE RED HEROES play in a more straight and direct
fashion, with less of the flare and superfluity of such bands.
However, such a statement shouldn't be perceived in a negative light;
here we have twelve tracks (plus an acoustic version of one of the
album tracks) that are bright and, though quite catchy on the first
and second listen, have a surprisingly uncanny knack for sneaking
into your subconscious, and popping up in your head on arbitrary
subsequent occasions, especially on the vocal side, thanks to some
really quite memorable vocal melodies in both verses and choruses,
and some pretty sweet backing harmonies. It invariably strolls at a
steady mid-tempo, but the varied song-structures, song-lengths, nice
drum time-changes, and use of contrast between full drive and some
quite lovely mellow, acoustic sections keep the whole thing
interesting enough, and I must say, the bass on this is pretty sweet,
jazzing it up with some awesome picking and licks that add a lot of
life to the straight chord-work. Stand-out tracks for me on here are
'Letters to a Christian Nation' largely for the hooky drumwork, the
rather amusing and snotty acoustic number 'Martha', and the
wonderfully chorused 'Valentine's Day (Hannah)', but the key tune
here has to be the second track, 'Untouchable'; killer bass, catchy
melodies, and the most infectious chorus on the whole album, and as
if that weren't enough, there's an acoustic version right at the end
that is just beautiful, and whoever Meagan Smith is, she has a
wonderful voice that harmonises with the male lead perfectly, and her
additional lines are a real treat. A consistent release that fuses
the tempo and drive of old-school DIVIT and the melody and pop
sensibilities of THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS and THE ACADEMY IS with
the modern pop-punk stylings of MAN OVERBOARD; a pretty promising
prospect."
You can find The Red Heroes in the following places:
Cheers! :D
xox
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