To infinity and beyond
UK five piece, Without Thought, have earned their stripes by touring for the last few years with some excellent bands. Sharing stages with the likes of Sikth, Days In December, Enter Shikari and Exit Ten has helped them build up quite a following already. “Get Down And Give Me Infinity” looks set to get them plenty more fans. The album is in the best tradition of melodic rock; they really get your feet moving with some addictive hooks, heavy riffs and drums, excellent catchy choruses and aggressive screams. Their tunes show plenty of heart, uplifting crescendos of guitar and vocals in every tune make you want to sing along at the top of your lungs but they never let you relax for long, a solid core of intense rhythms and riffs and sweeping waves of noise keep things moving along nicely.
Opener ‘Standing on the Edge’ quickly draws you in with a great sing along section, the slick melodies of ‘With Any Arms’ are accomplished and effective but the production is still rough and lets you hear the fuzz of the guitars, keeping things real and vital. It’s not difficult to hear why Without Thought could be a great live band; the angst-ridden and occasionally jagged riffs coupled with those really emotive soaring choruses are an intense and heady combination; tracks like ‘Recovery’ are a case in point, making you wish you knew all the lyrics so you could croon along at the top of your voice.
While this is a solid album of catchy, memorable tunes, it doesn’t exactly do anything you haven’t heard before and many of the riffs are familiar. To be honest though most of the time it’s hard to care about that because when you hear ‘Self Preservation’ or ‘Discipline’ all you want to do is dance ‘til you drop and sing your little heart out.