Album Review
Flood Of Red - Home RunFlood Of Red – Leaving Everything Behind

I have been looking forward the new album by Flood Of Red for some time now and it has now finally been released and I have to say that it is one beautiful album, now I’m sure a lot of you are going to think that I am weird or that I have issues as I have just described the album as beautiful, but it really is, it is so mellow and soothing sounding with some of the best Scottish turned American vocals that I have ever heard.

The best way to describe the sound of Flood Of Red for someone who has never heard them is basically the chilled near depressive sounds of Coldplay mixed with the vocals of Circa Survive mixed in with the technical side of Nine Inch Nails and you will be pretty close to understanding the sound of Flood Of Red, if you are still not sure on the sound then I would just advise you to give the album a listen as it’s a very pleasing listen.

There are many great moments on ‘Leaving Everything Behind’ from the chilling opening vibes of ‘The Edge Of The World (Prelude)’ right through until the explosive instrumental sounds of ‘The Edge Of The World’ yes I did mention the same track twice but I will add they are two separate tracks that sound totally different from each other, I also did say that the end of the album is explosive, you didn’t imagine it, Flood Of Red may well be a mellow sounding band but they sure know how to make noise when they want to.

Some of the strongest moments on the album happen to be the bands singles ‘A Place Before The End’ and ‘Home Run (1997)’, with the earlier song being the better of the two thanks to its chilling sound that builds up over time with Jordan Spiers running the show with his epic vocals.

If I had to guess what song Flood Of Red will be releasing as a single next then my guess would be ‘Paper Lungs’ as the song has a big radio friendly feel and features leading drum beats which really flow well throughout the whole song whilst frontman Jordan Spiers keeps up with his vocals of “Woaaah, woaaah” and the repetitive groans of “sleeping tonight, sleeping tonight”.

Instrumentally Flood Of Red are shit hot especially Graham Griffith on drums, he has a knack to bash his drums in a way that it creates a good noise but still stays safely in the territories of the bands mellow sound, equally Jordan Spiers is vocally a legend with his beautiful uplifting yet mellow vocals.

The only downside that I can see within the album is that listening to the album all the way through in one go can provide to be a mission as it tends to get very repetitive and slightly boring in places due to the general tone of the band but all in all the album is pretty solid and is going to help the band go places they haven’t been before.

4/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Flood Of Red - Band
Jordan
Calum
Graham
Jamie
Dale
Sean
 Track Listing
1. The Edge of the World (Prelude)
2. The Harmony
3. A Place Before the End
4. Like Elephants
5. The Heartless and Loving
6. Little Lovers
7. Paper Lungs
8. Electricity
9. I Will Not Change
10. I Am the Speachless
11. Losing All Balancce in Fells Point
12. Hope Street
13. Home, Run
14. The Edge of the World
 Band Related Links
Flood Of Red Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?