 
Over the past 12 months I have discovered some
amazing new bands such as Crossfaith, Coldrain
and now the Texas four piece Nothing More who
are just about to release their self titled fourth
studio album ‘Nothing More’ which
happens to be their first release in the UK, now
I have had the album for a few months and have
been listening to it constantly since receiving
it and can really see these guys finally heading
for the big time on the back of this album.
The album starts with a short track called ‘Ocean
Floor’ and then blasts straight into ‘Ballast’
a track which sets the pace for the rest of the
album and also lets you know what you have been
missing out on if like me you have only just discovered
Nothing More over the last couple of months. Musically
the song is really fast and full of groove and
big riffs whilst vocally things are quite melodic
yet soar into quite aggressive moments throughout.
‘Christ Copyright’ is a bonkers song
which is crammed with massive soundscapes and
a huge chorus which is so powerful that it will
give your ears a beating but in such a positive
way as everything coming through the speakers
is so big, progressive and generally amazing.
‘MR MTV’ is a great song musically
and lyrically as they have wrote a massive rock
anthem about how good MTV was and how it as evolved
to be a really poor channel full of over the top
reality TV shows that only someone desperate for
a bit of money could write about, produce, direct
and star in. The opening lyrics of “Free
drugs, cheap sex, fake tans, big breasts, high
times, pimped rides, lost days to blackout nights”
is ever so spot on.
‘First Punch’ is a massive radio friendly
track and easily going to released as a single
in the near future, the song flows really fast
and the drumming from Paul Obrien is faultless
whilst Mark Vollelunga lays down some great guitar
riffs with Daniel Oliver complimenting them with
his neat bass playing.
‘Gyre’ is very similar to the opening
track in the way that is a short but sweet instrumental
track with really random voice over’s coming
in towards the end, it’s very peaceful sounding
and leads on perfectly to the hard hitting ‘The
Matthew Effect’ which has to be the most
aggressive and explosive track on the album especially
during the vocal shouts of “Jesus Christ”
which make way for some fast paced melodic vocals
from Jonny Hawkins as the whole band go out creating
such a hugely accessible song which you will find
yourself listening to over and over again.
The majority of the album is a fast paced journey
full of big twists and turns but for ‘I’ll
Be Ok’ the band completely tone things down
as the song takes you on a slow paced emotional
journey which is full of passion and a wide variety
of vocal range.
One of the best songs on the album ‘God
Went North’ is featured towards the end
of the album and it is so good due to the fact
that the song features more passion than anything
else you have heard from the band up until this
point which I am sure you will find quite hard
to believe until you listen to the song as the
whole album is full of passion but when the falsettos
hit you will be blown away.
Overall ‘Nothing More’ features 17
tracks and runs for just over an hour which may
well seem like a lot to take it for some people
but when a band manages to release an album of
this high quality which happens to be all killer
and no filler it is massively appreciated and
on the back of this album release I can see Nothing
More having a fantastic 2014 especially when they
start unleashing these new tracks on the live
circuit.
5/5
Review by Trigger
|
