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With the likes of Title Fight and Balance and Composure
growing in fanbase over the last 6-12 months, especially as both have debut full
length releases, no wondering this new style of sombre pop-punk is pop-ping up
here, there and everywhere. I myself am guilty as charged as my band has taken
this route, however numerous bands have been doing it “before it was cool”. One
of these bands is Loose Cannons.
Loose Cannons were a pop-punk band split between Kent and
Kingston. Despite this, they released a demo in 2010, which put them on the map
as one of the most anticipated pop-punk bands in the UK, which was strengthened
by later signing to Youth Camp Records. Their follow up to that demo was their
7 inch - Loose Cannon - released
at the end of March. The reason I say they were
a pop-punk band is because in mid-February, Marcus Rutherford (LC
lead singer and guitarist) sadly passed away as he finally lost his four and a
half year battle with leukaemia. Marcus never heard the final mixes of this
7inch, however we all will and this is my review of it.
It’s
very hard to stop listening once you start, as the atmospheric guitars pull you
in straight from the start of Black
Friday, which soon build up to a melodic verse to which you can’t not bop
your head to, it’s a short and sweet opening track to, in my opinion the best
track LC have ever released Depth Of Field.
This song screams Title Fight straight from the off, with sudden varying
intensities of sound, separating intro to verse to chorus. It’s the simplicity
that makes the song what it is, less is more in this case, making the entire song
catchy. But it also makes the ending chords have so much more impact, as the
outro interlude packs a punch and sends a chill down my spine every time. Devil Winds has a very similar, less
melodic vibe to it adding a dynamic to the 7 inch. The song is arranged quite
strangely, with a melodic beginning, but with a lazy, power-chord-punk
interlude that plays with an opposite vibe to the other songs on the release
throughout the middle. It still keeps the balance, another melodic chorus ending
and leads into Who Knows? nicely.
Personally I believe this is on the same level as Depth Of Field, LC have out done themselves. Starting out with a
minor intro chord progression, followed by a sombre verse leading into a
fantastic low level vocal and drum accompaniment, which provides you with the
only lyrics taken from first listen at the 7inch, making it plague your brain
until you next listen to it. The chorus is then led in with a clean guitar
riff, again another hook which is taken from the 7inch. The remainder of the
song follows suite from there on, providing a solid wrap up to brilliant 7inch.
FFO:
Title Fight, positive Daylight fans.
You
can buy their 7” here, all proceeds go towards the charity set up in Marcus’
legacy: “The Marcus Rutherford Foundation”
Expect
to read more from me, because I have no spare time at university.
Miles
xo
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