Never Enough
Heres the scene: I put The Open's first EP, "Never Enough" into my CD player, and a miniature war starts to blare out of my speakers. The explosions/gunshots that constitute the opening riff of the title track fire out of the hi-fi, penetrating my ears and setting my brain on high alert for full rockage. After a few seconds of this, the explosions die: destroyed by Steven Bayley's calming vocals, quietly marching along side peaceful guitar playing. The war fires up now and again, signaling the chorus. This is the general idea of this song, battling choruses padded out by the melodic duo-guitar "negotiations" of the verses.
"Never Enough" finishes on its chorus, and makes way for the lengthy and beautiful introduction to "The Music". Starting with just a simple bass riff, the synth starts to flare quietly in the background, and more melodic guitar lines slowly ease their way into the song. Just before a minute has passed, the drums kick in, yet the introduction continues, slowly building up to its peak, gradually adding more guitar lines, until finally, after two minutes, the vocals begin. The song continues much the vain of the final section of its introduction, albeit now with vocals, and does so right until the end.
This upbeat - yet still able to be classed as "chill-out" - song is followed by the only disappointment in this EP, the even-longer-than-the-last-one, piece of quietness called "Drown". Its rather dull, to be perfectly blunt. Nice clean guitar work in the background, as appears to be common place in The Open's songs.
The final track, "Far Away (Not Maximised)" is more of what can be found on the first track. "More punchy riffs coupled with more delicious usage of clean guitars." Its a good way of describing this fledgling five-piece, and I'm sure they would be fine with it.