River City Ransom
River City Ransom – ‘River City Ransom’ Review
York based band RIVER CITY RANSOM have taken what they know best, and created something exciting and interesting to listen to. The interesting thing about these, however, is the guitaring and raw vocals reminding me of an early day Alexisonfire and (at a push) and early day Biffy Clyro (if you’ve never listened to early Biffy, you fucking should).
Being a guitarist, as said before, the guitar work and musicmanship and song writing is flawless! It has the brutal fist pumping energy of punk yet is so drowned in heavy rock it really gets your head bopping and foot tapping. ‘Strength from the Sun’ is such an example: fast, head banging and just full of passion. With a hint of Motorhead driven with a clever change of pace that doesn’t defect from the music, and keeps an undeniably killer groove throughout. Even the beginning, break-down and pre-chorus leading into an amazing solo just tops the sheer quality of this track. However, for a thumper the opening track ‘This Day and Age’ has the feeling of Alexisonfire supped on some Black Breath brutality epitomising this bands pure raw energy.
Although influences such as the Bronx and Alexisonfire are apparent, they’ve taken something and made it into something fun and (as a good friend of mine would say) “fuckin’ bangin’ bro”. Certainly worth a check out for fans of Every Time I Die, The Bronx, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent.
To find out more about River City Ransom, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Noel Horton
York based band RIVER CITY RANSOM have taken what they know best, and created something exciting and interesting to listen to. The interesting thing about these, however, is the guitaring and raw vocals reminding me of an early day Alexisonfire and (at a push) and early day Biffy Clyro (if you’ve never listened to early Biffy, you fucking should).
Being a guitarist, as said before, the guitar work and musicmanship and song writing is flawless! It has the brutal fist pumping energy of punk yet is so drowned in heavy rock it really gets your head bopping and foot tapping. ‘Strength from the Sun’ is such an example: fast, head banging and just full of passion. With a hint of Motorhead driven with a clever change of pace that doesn’t defect from the music, and keeps an undeniably killer groove throughout. Even the beginning, break-down and pre-chorus leading into an amazing solo just tops the sheer quality of this track. However, for a thumper the opening track ‘This Day and Age’ has the feeling of Alexisonfire supped on some Black Breath brutality epitomising this bands pure raw energy.
Although influences such as the Bronx and Alexisonfire are apparent, they’ve taken something and made it into something fun and (as a good friend of mine would say) “fuckin’ bangin’ bro”. Certainly worth a check out for fans of Every Time I Die, The Bronx, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent.
To find out more about River City Ransom, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Noel Horton