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by Robert Elgin, posted by blog admin
Blue-eyed,
passionate soul merged with intricately arranged, old school rock n’ roll is
the order of the day on Quantum Split’s latest EP, America. These New York City
prowlers have a sound the scowls like Ol’ Scratch himself, swings like a master
jazz musician and grooves akin to the hard retro rock that only a precious few
bands can pull off properly anymore.
Soulful is an understatement here but that’s exactly what this music
is. It knows how to reach into your
chest and restart your heart. These two
tracks feel alive and thusly ignite the listener’s senses in a flurry of
dizzying riffs, vocal acrobatic and tough work from the rhythm section.
Opening
things up, the EP title track is a storm of melodic, plucky guitar strum, near
acoustic brilliance, lush bass grooves that keep your attention and the
centerpiece singing of Soleil Laurent. They
lull you in, making you think are A-okay before hitting you with a power-chord
riff straight from the dark side. The
arranging here is simply masterful; each progression quietly ebbing, slowly
building and then giving it full force in thunderous rock n’ roll
climaxes. Simply put, you will be
hard-pressed to find a band that rocks this hard and pays such intensive attention
to the melodic details. “Runaway” is
good too but the fact that it has to follow the title cut makes for a tough
task. It follows the same pattern of
melodic choruses, standout vocal harmonies and brushes of mighty volume that
make you surrender to its charms. It’s
not quite as well arranged as the first song yet it is highly listenable and
quite good in its own right. If anything
America is consistent. This band knows their sound inside and out,
enabling them to write tunes that all keep within a similar mindset.
There
are a lot of bands out there these days.
It seems that over time, less and less of them are standing out. That’s a problem that Quantum Split doesn’t
have. They sound like themselves and no
one else. It will be interesting to see
how their songwriting plays out on a longer form release but they are off to a
fine start. America is custom made for
real rock fans. The kind that you don’t
find listening to the radio anymore as they search the farthest reaches of the
Internet for the next big deal; Quantum Split are the big deal that they are
hoping to find.
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