5 sides to a circle, but 2 sides to this album
‘Prism’ is a shot of metal gunfire! Ryan Cloke’s and Ben Morgan’s vocals have a great range and are used to the full here as do the rest of the band playing a mixture of light (if that’s possible) and heavy metal without blinking an eye.
‘Finding Truth in Clichés Part 1’ is a superb mixture of melodies and assaults on the ear. Especially showing how this band can put these different elements together as it moves into ‘Part 2’. All through these numbers are fired up with superb axe work from Dave Porter and Alex Bewley, but particularly in both “Low Cost Plan” and “DIY”. However they don’t overshadow the bombs-in-your-ears bass work and drums from Edd Barrett and Dom Bewley. The ability of this band is shown off in “DIY” in particular.
‘5 Sides to a Circle’ is a dark number that has the excellent, but disturbing sound of Laura Baker’s fiddle playing in it. How many of the bands of this genre could weave that into their overall metal mayhem? ‘Tide Drawn’ involves what sounds like a vocal duel that has you wondering “what did I just hear?”
‘Turn Out Like Me’ is the only track that is a bit disappointing after the class act before, it just doesn’t add up.