EP Review
The Getaway Team - Lost All HopeThe Getaway Team - Havent You Heard

I first come across The Getaway Team a week or so ago when I listened to their debut single 'Lost All Hope', the song has been spinning around in my head daily ever since I first heard it due to the extremely infectious nature of the song. The song is a poppy indie track more in the style of the Holloways than your average well known indie bands such as the Kaiser Chiefs. I have been looking forward to the debut ep from The Getaway Team since I first heard their single and I am now happy to of finally got hold of it. The debut ep from The Getaway Team is called Haven’t You Heard and features 5 really energetic tracks that is really going to brighten up your summer if its as shocking weather wise this year as it was the last.

The ep opens up with 'I Regret', the song is the shortest song on the ep running at just over 2 minutes, which isn’t a bad thing as the song is a kick arse tune from start to finish, the fast infectious vocals come in from the start and the bass line is extremely bouncy along with the fast guitar work, 'I Regret' is one of the happiest upbeat songs that I have heard in a long time, the only problem is that the song does seem to be over far to soon but that’s mainly due to how good it sounds.

The indie feel of 'Not What I Signed Up For' show that The Getaway Team aren’t one trick ponies and can craft more than one decent song and can change their musical styles around slightly when they want. 'Not What I Signed Up For' is more of a pure indie song, the guitars are totally different sounding from the opening track and the "oh oh oh" backing vocals work extremely well, the overall feel of the sound is more indie based and lacks the bounciness of the previous song.

The band return to the bouncy sound for 'Happier For Real' the song is extremely fast and the riffs are quite bouncy sounding, the vocals are smooth and really easy to pick up on especially during the sing a long chorus.

The highlight of the ep has to be the bands current single 'Lost All Hope', it’s extremely fast paced and really catchy, it has radio play and chart hit written all over it, it’s quite rare to come across debut singles sounding this good nowadays as everyone seems to sound like something you have heard before, this is where The Getaway Team and this single is the chance for the band to imprint their name on the poppy indie scene.

The ep ends with 'Make Pretend', the track starts off really slow with minimal backing music and really laid back sounding vocals, over time the song does pick up in pace and sound and turns out to be quite an energetic indie song then ends with loud shouts of "I can not go" which was quite unexpected but quite an interesting addition.

The Getaway Team are a fun band, they have a really upbeat sound that is sure going to be recaptured live at some of the festivals in the summer and that is probably the best place to experience The Getaway Team, out side in a dirty field in the middle of the summer enjoying a nice cold pint of beer with the bands bouncy music blasting out into your ears, sounds quite perfect to me. The band aren’t doing anything particularly new but you just can’t help but love their sound.

4/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
The Getaway Team - Band
Tom Greenwood (Vocals)
Henry Eastham (Guitar, Vocals)
Simon Brown (Bass, Vocals)
John Young (Guitars, Vocals)
Alun Chambers (Drums)
 Track Listing
1. I Regret
2. Not What I Signed Up For
3. Happier Real
4. Lost All Hope
5. Make Pretend
 Band Related Links
The Getaway Team Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?