Old Basford are a band that love to gig and like to blow everyone away at every opportunity! This is a three track demo CD which shows off their music which mixes up blues, 70s rock, the heavy stuff of the 90s and adds in their own secret spice. This results in a sound which mixes melodic rock with hard hitting breakdowns.
I think that this is a good little three track CD that shows off some great music by the band and shows that there are a variety of styles in the UK right now and bands aren’t afraid to try new things. All three of these tunes are interesting and show the band to be extremely musically talented – with some stormy bass lines, strong guitar riffs, good drum beat and really melodic, Rocky vocals. In the first track, ‘Cruel Love,’ the vocals go from melodic rock vocals, to heavier almost grunge era vocals that are a lot harder hitting and have a strong guitar line to accompany them. So their vocals have a harder hitting side, and an extremely melodic side. It is a kind of Jekyll and Hyde situation where they are two completely different sounding vocals and are contrasting yet are in fact sung by the same person and it is really hard to believe that someone could have two such different sounding singing voices. It is great to see how the two styles mix and create such an awesome sound, it is enjoyable to listen to and makes you want to hear more. I like this band whether they are pulling off melodic numbers or slamming out hard edged beats as they do both well and are extremely good at pulling it off in style. They are an energetic band that is full of excitement as they sound so electric. It is a sound that you have to hear in person to realise just how good this is and fully appreciate it.
I really enjoyed this CD and think that this band will go on to do some great things in their career and hopefully get a bit of success. They really deserve to be successful as the talent is definitely there so all they need now is a stroke of luck in order to get them in to the public eye. The three tracks on display show great talent from the band and they are living proof that new and exciting Rock bands are still coming through, and there are some that are going extremely strong.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.