This is a two track single from the Plymouth post hardcore outfit, Orca and displays some fine tunes from a band that have already scored shows with the likes of Kids Near Water, Reuben, Funeral For A Friend and Vacant Stare.
The first track here, ‘This Years Girl’ is a cool song with fast guitar playing, great drumming, and raw edged vocals which make up a truly fine song that is easy to listen to and also interesting to listen to. The vocals on this CD are what makes it such a good listen, with them ranging from melodic to hardcore it makes them unpredictable and really captures your attention making you want to carry on listening. I guess that’s why their genre is written as Rock/ Emo/ Post-Hardcore because you really cant fit them into one genre because to do this would be criminal as they are such a great band with many different sounds being produced in their songs. The second track here, ‘Without Questions’ is another strong track and again is impossible to classify it as being any particular genre. There are many different sounds coming out of just this one song with definite signs of Rock and Post-Hardcore and also the Emo part as there is some strong emotion running through these lyrics and you can really tell that they are singing about things that mean something to them and not just singing pointless things for the sake of it. They have points to make and they get these points across through their music which is done extremely well with an awesome sound. The vocals are again amazing on this track and I love the way they go from being melodic, with emotion running through them to aggressive with a more hardcore edge. The drumming here is good, and there is a great sound being produced by the guitars. It really is an all round great song with no weaknesses in the band at all letting the side down.
So, here we have two cool songs from the band on their latest single and they show that they are one of the finest bands in the country of this kind of genre with it and hopefully with the release on September 8th (buy it) they will gain a larger fan base and continue to grow as a band.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
