longwave - endsongs
released a couple of years ago, but now being heralded as a band to watch.
this is the bands debut and provides an easy category to sum it all up in "alt rock+guitars".
i need to add an extra bit to that simplistic pigeonhole - "brilliant".
the guitars are often of the wall-of-guitars type a la shoegazing, especially on the opening 'escape', but where the shoegazers often forgot to add a song to the effects pedal, longwave certainly keep their melodies to the fore and keep the flow of the album going .. no 20 minute excess in track lengths, these songs are all radio friendly. if only a radio station would play this kind of uncool college rock in the 00's.
over the course of the album many of the tracks come over big emotional epics, with soaring passions. at times memories of u2's way with guitars and song structures are evoked proving that the band have their eyes above the normal indie rock circuit. listen to 'something' and i urge the listener not to picture this track making an arena light up in the traditional fire regulation crushing manner.
several genuine spine tingling moments litter the 40 minutes.
absolutely superb.