7 Day Weekend
We featured 7 Day Weekend a while back and loved what we heard. As such, when they got in touch about their latest track, Endless Doses, I was first in line to check out what they’d been up to and what was in store for their new stuff!
Opening with a soaring guitar rhythm, the track kicks us into a melee of hammering drums, pounding bass rhythms and clean yet hard hitting vocals. Straight away we’re transported to a world where nothing else matters, this is simply a place where the music is the key, the power is there and you’re in for one hell of a ride. What’s most striking on this track is how powerful the guitar work is, somehow sounding raw and live whilst still managing to hold a solid sense of production, demonstrating that what you’re hearing here is a band who can play and know what they’re doing! Catchy, powerful and melodic throughout, one of the most standout moments has to be the mid section of the track where it seems to break down and pull back for a moment, an intricate lead line taking over and the mix allowing you a moment to reflect on things. This doesn’t last though, and soon we’re propelled back into the hard hitting which made this track stand out from the start – this is a great track just waiting to be heard.
I’ve liked 7 Day Weekend from the start, largely down to their musical ability and ability to craft tracks which will make you think about what you’re hearing. Once again, with this new track, they’ve managed to take what could be a simple track, and turn it into something more advanced and exciting, something which you know is going to get them some solid recognition. Definitely one to make sure you check out!
To find out more about 7 Day Weekend, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
Opening with a soaring guitar rhythm, the track kicks us into a melee of hammering drums, pounding bass rhythms and clean yet hard hitting vocals. Straight away we’re transported to a world where nothing else matters, this is simply a place where the music is the key, the power is there and you’re in for one hell of a ride. What’s most striking on this track is how powerful the guitar work is, somehow sounding raw and live whilst still managing to hold a solid sense of production, demonstrating that what you’re hearing here is a band who can play and know what they’re doing! Catchy, powerful and melodic throughout, one of the most standout moments has to be the mid section of the track where it seems to break down and pull back for a moment, an intricate lead line taking over and the mix allowing you a moment to reflect on things. This doesn’t last though, and soon we’re propelled back into the hard hitting which made this track stand out from the start – this is a great track just waiting to be heard.
I’ve liked 7 Day Weekend from the start, largely down to their musical ability and ability to craft tracks which will make you think about what you’re hearing. Once again, with this new track, they’ve managed to take what could be a simple track, and turn it into something more advanced and exciting, something which you know is going to get them some solid recognition. Definitely one to make sure you check out!
To find out more about 7 Day Weekend, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
7 Day Weekend
We were recently contacted by Seven Day Weekend about their self titled EP to see what we thought. This 5 piece band from Warrington, Cheshire only got together just over a year ago and are already playing the likes of the Manchester Academy and alongside bands such as Attack! Attack! and That Sunday Feeling. I figured it was about time I checked out what these young guys (not only in experience but also in age with all of them being 18 or under) had on offer!
Opening with Ghosts Of Me, the EP immediately takes on an urgent, jumpy approach to things. The soaring guitar lines are underwired with pounding drums and a solid bass line before clean and harmonic vocals are ushered in. This track is catchy from the outset yet not in a mainstream poppy way, more in an accessible punky sort of way. I like the way which the guitar line changes across this track as it progresses as well, it goes from awesome lead lines to chunky riffs without a beat being missed or anything sounding out of place, the combination further develops this track and gives it a depth which you wouldn’t normally expect from a band who term themselves as ‘pop-punk’. Breaking down mid way through the track adds a further glimpse at the heavier influences behind this band, altogether there’s so much incorporated into this one track that I’ve got to disagree with their stamp on themselves, this is more than pop-punk.
Second track Mistakes seems to confirm this, opening with a solid riff and echoing drum beats, this track is far more akin to the likes of Lost Prophets style stuff at times. Catchy once again, this is a track which I imagine is awesome on the live scene, it’s got the sort of approach which will get live crowds not only chanting along, but moving along with the band. Emotional, catchy and pretty damned harmonic throughout, this track ranks amongst my favourite from the EP and is one which I know I’ll be coming back to time and time again. As it fades and Kingdoms comes into being there’s more of a glimpse towards the pop-punk side of things, but only marginally. The opening combination of distorted guitar and lead lines lends itself to that sort of genre, but again once the vocals kick in we’re transported back to harmonic rock music – heavy enough to satisfy but melodic enough to sooth, it’s a combination which I personally have really enjoyed hearing!
Hide soon comes in at number 4, a far more laid back track akin to the ballad of the EP. The soothing guitar line which opens the track seems to echo around the room as the track comes into being, the vocals almost sounding haunting over the drumless introduction. Soon enough though you’re treated to the full force of the band once more kicking in and letting loose – listen to this track and tell me if it’s pop-punk, because personally I just can’t see it at all! Emotional, catchy, heavy at times but melodic throughout, this is the sort of track you want to see performed on a festival stage as the sun is going down, it’s got the perfect balance of clean and distorted to satisfy any appetite out there.
Seasons Like These closes the EP and finally demonstrates fully the pop-punk tag line, a track which opens jumpy and accessible and continues along that route throughout. Catchy once again, this track is your more stereotypical punky track akin to the better poppy punky bands out there, but even still there’s more to the track than that simple tag. The track is once again almost emotional in structure, demonstrating throughout that this is a band who can craft songs to please an audience then perform them equally as well. Upbeat and positive throughout, this is a track which finishes the EP in a sense, whilst opening up a new chapter in another. It’s almost a suggestion that what you’ve just heard isn’t all that the band have got to offer, making you wonder what on earth they’re going to come out with next!
I’ve really enjoyed 7 Day Weekend from start to finish, their EP is one which I know I’ll be listening to again in the future and recommending to a fair few people they get hold of. I like their combinations in the tracks that make them heavy whilst melodic, soft and always catchy, it’s a tricky recipe to master quite a lot of the time yet these guys seem to have pulled it off with aplomb. I’d love to hear what comes next from these guys as based on this, it’s going to be pretty damned awesome!
To find out more about 7 Day Weekend, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Opening with Ghosts Of Me, the EP immediately takes on an urgent, jumpy approach to things. The soaring guitar lines are underwired with pounding drums and a solid bass line before clean and harmonic vocals are ushered in. This track is catchy from the outset yet not in a mainstream poppy way, more in an accessible punky sort of way. I like the way which the guitar line changes across this track as it progresses as well, it goes from awesome lead lines to chunky riffs without a beat being missed or anything sounding out of place, the combination further develops this track and gives it a depth which you wouldn’t normally expect from a band who term themselves as ‘pop-punk’. Breaking down mid way through the track adds a further glimpse at the heavier influences behind this band, altogether there’s so much incorporated into this one track that I’ve got to disagree with their stamp on themselves, this is more than pop-punk.
Second track Mistakes seems to confirm this, opening with a solid riff and echoing drum beats, this track is far more akin to the likes of Lost Prophets style stuff at times. Catchy once again, this is a track which I imagine is awesome on the live scene, it’s got the sort of approach which will get live crowds not only chanting along, but moving along with the band. Emotional, catchy and pretty damned harmonic throughout, this track ranks amongst my favourite from the EP and is one which I know I’ll be coming back to time and time again. As it fades and Kingdoms comes into being there’s more of a glimpse towards the pop-punk side of things, but only marginally. The opening combination of distorted guitar and lead lines lends itself to that sort of genre, but again once the vocals kick in we’re transported back to harmonic rock music – heavy enough to satisfy but melodic enough to sooth, it’s a combination which I personally have really enjoyed hearing!
Hide soon comes in at number 4, a far more laid back track akin to the ballad of the EP. The soothing guitar line which opens the track seems to echo around the room as the track comes into being, the vocals almost sounding haunting over the drumless introduction. Soon enough though you’re treated to the full force of the band once more kicking in and letting loose – listen to this track and tell me if it’s pop-punk, because personally I just can’t see it at all! Emotional, catchy, heavy at times but melodic throughout, this is the sort of track you want to see performed on a festival stage as the sun is going down, it’s got the perfect balance of clean and distorted to satisfy any appetite out there.
Seasons Like These closes the EP and finally demonstrates fully the pop-punk tag line, a track which opens jumpy and accessible and continues along that route throughout. Catchy once again, this track is your more stereotypical punky track akin to the better poppy punky bands out there, but even still there’s more to the track than that simple tag. The track is once again almost emotional in structure, demonstrating throughout that this is a band who can craft songs to please an audience then perform them equally as well. Upbeat and positive throughout, this is a track which finishes the EP in a sense, whilst opening up a new chapter in another. It’s almost a suggestion that what you’ve just heard isn’t all that the band have got to offer, making you wonder what on earth they’re going to come out with next!
I’ve really enjoyed 7 Day Weekend from start to finish, their EP is one which I know I’ll be listening to again in the future and recommending to a fair few people they get hold of. I like their combinations in the tracks that make them heavy whilst melodic, soft and always catchy, it’s a tricky recipe to master quite a lot of the time yet these guys seem to have pulled it off with aplomb. I’d love to hear what comes next from these guys as based on this, it’s going to be pretty damned awesome!
To find out more about 7 Day Weekend, check out their Facebook page HERE.
