If talent was judged on the quality of a bands name then lets be honest, Three Day Benda would be awful – however its not, so lets put judgements of the bands name aside shall we. Ok, so this is a 4 track sampler CD of the album that the band is to release later on in this year (May 2006 to be precise.) This CD shows promise from the band with 4 tracks that push the boundaries of Ska and Rock. Three Day Benda are an eight man strong band, and use this large number of members to their advantage in order to make a sound as full as possible.
This is a somewhat promising preview of the band as none of the tracks on display here are what I would consider bad, however how good the full album turns out to be depends on whether or not the band have the capacity to up their game so to speak. It could either be really good or these will be the best songs on the album, in which case it will probably be nothing more than average. For this bands sake, I hope they have some more quality songs written as although what is on this CD is pretty good – I have heard better, and if these are the bands strongest efforts then the chances of them getting bigger are fairly slim. This is a fairly sound offering from the band; however they definitely need some stronger tracks on the album to save it from mediocrity. With this four track effort, I find that although what I am listening to is not paining my ears, it’s not really gripping me either in the way I like my music to. I feel that a lot of bands with a horn section use their horn section in order to draw people in to the sound of the band, however I don’t think Three Day Benda are really making full use of their horn section and so their sound seems incomplete at the moment. Once the band iron out these creases, they should be set to blow people away.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
