Seventh Day Forgets
We were recently contacted by Jeff from Seventh Day Forgets, to let us know about their EP and to see what we thought. Based out of Charlotte over in the US, the guys have been crafting their sound since early on in the millennium, paying homage to their influences such as Faith No More and the Foo Fighters and all the time aiming to develop and advance their sound. As such, when I was given a chance to hear them, I figured I’d get on and check things out! (please note – the order of tracks in the review doesn’t necessarily represent the order of the tracks on the EP, merely the order in which they were downloaded onto my computer!)
Envy gets things going for me and immediately makes me want to know more, a haunting introduction the track leading into a soaring lead line courtesy of the lead guitar whilst the bass roves around in the background to add in a sense of movement. The vocals come in sounding almost soothing over everything, adding in a further sense of the haunting and unknown to make sure you’re still intrigued by the sound, still there and wanting to hear more. This laid back yet powerful approach is one which is largely missed by a lot of bands, but these guys seem to have pulled it out of the band and produced a track which is going to work both at home on the stereo and out on the live scene – and this is only the first track.
Moving into Gone, the theme of laid back calm continues initially before building into a far more raucous and upbeat track – initially it’s a bit of a shock but it soon begins to work. The contrast of hard and soft flows throughout the track, always keeping you on your toes and not giving away what’s going to come up next. The chorus is the key here, and my god what a chorus it is! Powerful backing rhythms bombard you as the clean and almost serene lyrics flow out at you, the whole mix forming a combination of rock and atmospheric which draws you in and forces you to take note of what you’re hearing. As the track fades out into Swim Waters the theme of combining hard and soft continues, this time formed through a lead line before launching us back into the acoustic based main lines. This is another track which is full of catchy hooks and powerful moments, but I’m not sure the lead line which is used as an intro suits the rest of it – it seems to stand out as an unnecessary extra – but it doesn’t affect the track as a whole unless you really want to nit-pick.
The Illusion follows on and once again demonstrates that this is a band with some surprises up their sleeves, throwing out a track which almost gallops onwards, keeping you along for the ride before launching into another dramatic and catchy chorus. The sheer power of this track is going to be enough to make anyone sit up and take note, definitely a track which you need to make sure you check out! It’s only left then for Until You Lose Again to close proceedings and leave us wanting more – which it certainly does. Harking towards the likes of Faith No More and Stone Temple Pilots, this final track leaves you with a feeling that this isn’t going to be the last you hear of these guys, somehow managing to capture the sounds of their influences in their music whilst not copying and instead forming something which is firmly their own – it’s rare to come across but these guys seem to have pulled it off.
In all, if you’re looking for an album which you’re going to enjoy every time you listen to it, then this is the one for you I think. Seventh Day Forgets seem to have taken genres which have influenced them during their time together and turned them into their own style, a style which is going to work on a record like this, or on a live stage if you get to go out and see them. Personally, I really like it – so give it a chance and get out and check them out!
To find out more about Seventh Day Forgets, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
Envy gets things going for me and immediately makes me want to know more, a haunting introduction the track leading into a soaring lead line courtesy of the lead guitar whilst the bass roves around in the background to add in a sense of movement. The vocals come in sounding almost soothing over everything, adding in a further sense of the haunting and unknown to make sure you’re still intrigued by the sound, still there and wanting to hear more. This laid back yet powerful approach is one which is largely missed by a lot of bands, but these guys seem to have pulled it out of the band and produced a track which is going to work both at home on the stereo and out on the live scene – and this is only the first track.
Moving into Gone, the theme of laid back calm continues initially before building into a far more raucous and upbeat track – initially it’s a bit of a shock but it soon begins to work. The contrast of hard and soft flows throughout the track, always keeping you on your toes and not giving away what’s going to come up next. The chorus is the key here, and my god what a chorus it is! Powerful backing rhythms bombard you as the clean and almost serene lyrics flow out at you, the whole mix forming a combination of rock and atmospheric which draws you in and forces you to take note of what you’re hearing. As the track fades out into Swim Waters the theme of combining hard and soft continues, this time formed through a lead line before launching us back into the acoustic based main lines. This is another track which is full of catchy hooks and powerful moments, but I’m not sure the lead line which is used as an intro suits the rest of it – it seems to stand out as an unnecessary extra – but it doesn’t affect the track as a whole unless you really want to nit-pick.
The Illusion follows on and once again demonstrates that this is a band with some surprises up their sleeves, throwing out a track which almost gallops onwards, keeping you along for the ride before launching into another dramatic and catchy chorus. The sheer power of this track is going to be enough to make anyone sit up and take note, definitely a track which you need to make sure you check out! It’s only left then for Until You Lose Again to close proceedings and leave us wanting more – which it certainly does. Harking towards the likes of Faith No More and Stone Temple Pilots, this final track leaves you with a feeling that this isn’t going to be the last you hear of these guys, somehow managing to capture the sounds of their influences in their music whilst not copying and instead forming something which is firmly their own – it’s rare to come across but these guys seem to have pulled it off.
In all, if you’re looking for an album which you’re going to enjoy every time you listen to it, then this is the one for you I think. Seventh Day Forgets seem to have taken genres which have influenced them during their time together and turned them into their own style, a style which is going to work on a record like this, or on a live stage if you get to go out and see them. Personally, I really like it – so give it a chance and get out and check them out!
To find out more about Seventh Day Forgets, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
