The New Breed EP Review

The New Breed

Earlier this year I did an interview with Tom McKay, one of The New Breed’s guitar players, about their upcoming self titled, debut EP called ”The New Breed”.

Now, the EP is released and the result is five rocking tracks.

This music is made to be heard live. Think of a dark, smoke filled rock club in the mid seventies, with high volume and packed with rockers in the crowd. You would expect to see Ritchie Blackmore pass you by on his way to the stage or the bar... The New Breed’s music is probably at it’s best heard live like this. It’s typical 70s rock and what first comes to mind is Deep Purple with tempo mixes going thru the songs, that was typical for that era. This is what The New Breed play, classic 70s rock, just like they did back then, for example take the cowbell and gritty guitars in ”Heartbreaker”. Nice touch! 

I like the intro in ”Black Seas, High Tides” and how the song pick up speed at the end. Its a good song to sum up The New Breed’s self titled, debut EP with.

I’m looking forward to hear their next album and would love to see them go on tour. My favorite songs on this EP is ”Lie To Me” and ”Soul Train”, give this EP a listen.

Songs on ”The New Breed” EP:

1  Soul Train (No Easy Way Out)

2  Lie To Me

3  Get Some

4  Heartbreaker           

5  Black Seas, High Tides

☠☠☠☠ / 5

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You can get ”The New Breed” EP on iTunes and check out the songs in the mini-player below. For more on The New Breed, you can head over to their FaceBook page and don’t forget that you can see videos and clips on their YouTube Channel.

The Van Desh New EP Review

The Van Desh New EP "Change"

The Van Desh is a band from Norrtälje, Stockholm, Sweden.

Their first album ”It Reminds Me” had a sound where they had picked out the best parts of the 70s. That album was so good, so the expectations for their upcoming EP was big. Often when a band makes an album that is good, it’ s hard to live up to the expectations for the next album and it often falls flat. The Van Desh have on their EP ”Change” lived up to the expectations and delivered an EP just as good as the first album. They might even have raised the bar. It seems like a weight has lifted of the bands shoulders and their is more joy in their music on this EP than on ”It Reminds Me”, that had a darker feeling. 

While making this EP, The Van Desh’s guitarist left the band and they are now introducing Niklas Klaar as the new guitarist in the band.

What I think is good with The Van Desh’s music is that they have the ability to make real music without any add-ons or special sound effects. A key to their unique sound is that they continue to keep the essence of the good 70s music, but make it modern.   

This is a band that plays music as it’s supposed to be, rock that goes back to the basic rock roots. It’s downscaled, simplified and a purer sound than todays music.

When listening to this great EP, I noticed that The Van Desh haven’t filled out their songs with any  ”yeahs” or extra guitar solos, neither do they repeat themselves in the lyrics. The lyrics speaks and says something to you as a listener, it’s not just a catchy chorus.

The first song, ”Change” has a promising intro that makes you wan’t to hear more.

I also think it’s nice to hear a singer that can sing in different tones, without having a high pitch tone/scream like it’s 1985 again. The tone in The Van Desh’s music works with and matches Tommy’s voice perfectly, which makes it all sound cohesive.

You can hear the influences of the 70s, but as I said it’s modern and fresh music. For instance, listen to the organ in the end of ”Don’t Quit”, a nice touch to the song. 

”If I can say one word to describe The Van Desh’s music, it would be quality”, declared a friend of mine when I played the song ”Blackbird”. Quality meaning, this music is worked thru and the lyrics has a meaning. 

The last song on the EP, ”By the Light” just raises the question, when is the next The Van Desh full length album coming? This song should be a radio hit this summer.

Songs on the ”Change” EP: 

1 ”Change”

2 ”Don’t Quit”

3 ”Blackbird”

4 ”By the Light”

☠☠☠☠☠ /5

If you like more serious, melodious, 70s rock music, you’ll definitely like this EP. 

I hope more people will discover this band. They keep it very real and dosen’t depend their music career on cheap unnecessary rock n’ roll clichés that takes the focus of the music. 
My favorite song on this EP is ”Don’t quit.”

You can listen to the EP ”Change” from the mini-player below and download it on Bandcamp and check out The Van Desh’s website for more news. ”Change” will also be available on iTunes the 2th of May.

Check Out This Interview With The New Breed!

The New Breed

I’m always on the look out after new bands or music to write about, this time was no different. I found a song online that I thought was good, called ”Lie To Me” and the song got me curious about the band. 

The New Breed is a rockband from Cheshire, United Kingdom and they are getting popular online after putting out a live recording from the first song they wrote as a band from the first gig that they did on socialmedias. The song ”Lie To Me” have received a lot of good response and are also available as a free download. You can listen to the song and download it from the mini-player I’ve put in below. The New Breed are now current with their debut EP, which will be released sometime in the spring of 2016. 

This is a band I think we will hear and see a lot of in the future, because they’ve got a sound that is missed and wanted by many. A sound that sort of echoes from the mid 70’s to the early 80’s, but not glam, with heavier tones, but not to dark and layers of music inspired by many genres people can recognize, so called retro-rock. 

It’s more depth in their music (without being depressing), than say the modern pop-punk, pop-rock-scene that is very popular these days (that music isn’t bad, but sometimes you want something a bit more serious and with more substance), that’s if the EP sounds like ”Lie To Me” and as the teasers implies. You can watch some of the teasers in the clips below.

Despite how busy The New Breed are in the studio now, I had a chance to ask them a few questions.
Here is my interview with Tom, one of The New Breed’s guitar players.⬇︎

Who are the members and who’s doing what in the band?

J Michael Ward on lead vocal, David MacBryde on lead guitar, Tom McKay playing rhythm guitar with Joey Wilcock and Michael Whitmore rounding out the rhythm section, playing bass and drums respectively.

When did you start the band and how? 

Our first rehearsal as a full band was sometime in February last year, but most of us have known each other in some way or another for a few years at least, whether that was because of previous bands or word of mouth. Tom and Dave grew up together through school and both started playing guitar at about the same time. Fast forward a few years and Dave found Joey and Mike online, and a few years more takes you to February 2015; Jay enters the picture (after a few attempts to get him down to jam) to complete the picture.

Any thoughts on your upcoming EP? Will it be available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify etc? Can you share the release date?

A lot of time has gone into this EP, with what feels like an age waiting for it to all come together! But there is now light at the end of the tunnel. We’re all really stoked with how it sounds, and can’t wait to be able to share it with anybody who wants to hear it. We had 4 days down at SkyHammer Studio, and Chris the producer there worked us non-stop, with us racking up a 17 hour day on Sunday!

We don’t know at this point where it’ll be available online, but it will be available online for sure! Looking for a release date at the start of Spring, in plenty of time for the Summer. Check out our Facebook for information on all things The New Breed, including a few teasers of the EP itself.

Any tour or gigs coming up? 

We’ve got a few gigs coming up, mainly around the Manchester/Cheshire area; no plans to tour just yet, but let’s see what happens when we get this EP out! You can keep up to date with all our gigs over at the Facebook page – www.facebook.com/thenewbreedmusic - watch this space...

What/who is your biggest influence when it comes to making music?

That depends completely on who you ask – but we have a massive range of genres that we listen to between the five of us, which lends itself, in our opinion, to some interesting song writing. But if we had to pick a few bands it’d end up being a mix between classic and modern rock; bands like Aerosmith and AC/DC or Rival Sons and The Temperance Movement with the odd bit of older blues thrown in for good measure - although Mike's hard-hitting style comes more from heavier rock.

Anything else we/the readers should know about The New Breed? 

We always aim to bring everything we’ve got, wherever we play, and as much as this interview was about the imminent release of our debut EP, we believe music is made to be heard live. Come down, check us out and see if you agree; we hope the ringing in your ears lasts, and the impression we leave continues to captivate long after that.

Thank you, The New Breed, for taking the time to do this interview. I wish you good luck and hope the EP will come out real soon.

If you want to see The New Breed live, they are playing Saturday, March 19th at Percy’s Cafe Bar with free entry. So if you’re in the neighborhood stop by and listen to some good music.

For info about more gigs, head over to their Facebook page, by using the link below, and don’t forget to stay tuned for my review about The New Breed’s EP!

You can also connect with The New Breed thru their socialmedias; Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to their YouTube channel.

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Latest News From The Rockworld!

The Van Desh are working on a new EP

The Van Desh have been very successful on the international music scene lately and are being played on radiostations all over the world, with their album ”It Reminds Me” and the single”By The Light”. 

The Van Desh are currently in the studio working on a new EP. They have also some news to be announced when the EP is released.

The Van Desh music is for those who like 70’s music, but in a modern touch. This music takes you back in time and slows you down a bit, it’s so refreshed to hear some good solid rock for a change. So just lean back and enjoy. 

Meanwhile waiting for the new EP to be finished, we continue to listen to the great songs that have already been released.
In this mini player you can hear the title track from the album ”It Reminds Me”. 

Crashdïet’s guitar player = the new bassist for Sister

Crashdïet’s guitar player Martin Sweet are taking over the bass playing in the Swedish band ”Sister”. This after Rikki Riot, who have been with the band Sister for 9 years, decided to move on. ”Sister” released their latest album ”Disguised Vultures” in 2014, the album was produced by Martin Sweet. Martin Sweet has been working with Sister for many years. 
We are wishing Rikki good luck for the future and Martin good luck with the new job. 
Crashdïet fans, there is no reason to be worried, in his own words, Crashdïet is still Martins main band.
Check out this Sister teaser. 

Check out this Fresh Noize!

Demon Speed

Demon Speed is a new band from Nottingham, UK and they have just released their first EP “Hooked”, August 28^th.  The band members are AJ who does the vocals and plays guitar, Spider on lead guitar, Berty Burton on bass and Des on the drums. The guys are a mix n’ match from several other bands as current and former members, among current/past bands are Generation Graveyard, Tigertailz and New Generation Superstars. 

Featured songs on the EP “Hooked” are:

“Hooked” 

“Alive”

“Down in the hole”

“See you fall”

Demon Speed is something to check out if you’re into punk rock. Such as the Ramones or the Sex Pistols or the Clash. I think they have an old school punk vibe/sound to their songs, but it’s not quite that tone-deaf on the wrong note type of singing that some punk songs/music has. My favorite song from this EP is “Alive” so check it out, you can listen to it or download it at www.demonspeed.bandcamp.com  or follow them on twitter @demon_speed666.

Demon Speed will also do some shows this fall in the UK, dates and venues are:

 4^th October at Aces High Festival in Nottingham, 

14^th November at Trash in Bradford and 

11^th December at Alley Cats in London. 

For more info head over to their Face Book page www.facebook.com/demonspeedofficial