Clearly influenced by American punk rock bands such as Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, and AFI, Miss Vincent is an extremely impressive up and coming band from Guildford with a strong knack for crafting catchy punk rock songs complete with absolutely huge choruses. Whilst keeping an obviously British vocal sound, Miss Vincent very much wear their influences on their sleeve, penning five songs here that some of their influences would no doubt be extremely proud of writing if they were their own.
‘Deadlock‘ gets the release off to an incredibly impressive start, a catchy track with an absolutely brilliant intro that instantly has you hooked and fully expecting something rather special from the rest of the EP. Right from the word go here the band really draws you in with a strong instrumental ability and incredibly powerful vocal presence from frontman Alex Marshall. It’s the perfect opening track as it very quickly grabs you, something that’s absolutely essential given that the entire EP clocks in at just over 15 minutes.
With second track ‘I Don’t Want This‘ the band continues to deliver, a fast and frantic number that features an incredibly catchy chorus and at times very strong Bad Religion influence. The high energy of the track continues into third song ‘Planning To Fail‘, another incredibly infectious offering that fans of the genre should absolutely love. It’s the vocals of Alex Marshall that really stand out most strongly here, there’s a great deal of depth to his voice and he seems absolutely perfect for fronting a band of this sort. All four of the band’s members are very clearly incredibly capable musicians, the presence of lead vocalist Alex Marshall however is what ensures that Miss Vincent is not just a good band, but a great band.
An extremely impressive guitar intro to fourth track ‘Carry On‘ kicks the song off with a huge amount of style, and as the track progresses it’s ensured that this is another fine offering of punk rock that will live long in the memory. With final track ‘Testing Times‘ it’s then confirmed that there’s not a single bad track on this release; the infectious nature of the EP continues as the band’s members further demonstrate their incredible ability as musicians to mould elements of punk, rock, and pop together, producing a strong sound that is intensely fun and enjoyable to listen to.
It’s impressive to think that Miss Vincent only actually formed in 2012 and that the best is probably still yet to come. Moving forward it’ll certainly be interesting to hear a full-length release from Miss Vincent, and given the strong ability to pen a fine punk rock tune that is showcased here, the future should certainly be bright for this young band. For those that grew up on Epitaph/Fat Wreck Chords artists, listening to Miss Vincent is a definite must as this is a band that clearly takes great influence from many of the artists that have been signed to these labels over the years, a band that is easily equally capable at the sound as any of the giants of the genre. With the ‘Creepy‘ EP currently available for free download from Bandcamp, there’s really no reason not to give this release a go, and every reason to head along to the website right now and make sure that you get this EP downloaded.
Miss Vincent is without doubt a band to watch out for in the future, with a very clear love and passion for punk rock, and an extremely strong knowledge and understanding of the genre.
UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
