Song reviews

Savannah Pope has a voice that would wake even those in the deepest of sleeps and seasoning her song “He Sees Me” with solid seventies blues rock musical moves provides more than enough evidence that she can also cross generational barriers.

Now, “Wings” is my kind of song. A subsonic bass line grinds away under the kind of sweet voice that is but a hairsbreadth away from sin to make this one into a permanent recollection in your musical memory. The Shacks are a band that sticks things in your head.

Full of retro groove moves, “All of the Feelings” triumphs over other songs of worship of the past by the sheer amount of energy that Kiesza manages to inject into her performance. She almost makes me feel like dancing. I am that uplifted.

You can feel the depth as you sink in to “Brother” by up and coming Scottish singer Aaron Smith with much in the way of melodrama and introspection providing the accompaniment to complement his rather fine voice.

Loud and polished to digital perfection, “Bite” is a song that could only be of these modern times with Rozette providing enough in the way of vocal strength and to the point lyrics to make this song cut where others do not.

Going back to days of Britpop to find the inspiration to grind up some guitars into a song works out pretty well for The Method One and “Urban Alice” will remind plenty of people of when they were young. The Method One? Oh, I get it. Very streetwise.

Playing the chords like a band with a purpose, Barking Poets might well draw some inspiration from the days of punk but “Make Me Strong” is more about melody than anger. That said, if I heard them in a pub, I would definitely buy them a drink or two.

“On My Own” is indeed a conventional song yet Pepperdreams make this one work well. Starting off slow gives Susanna Lepori time to line up her target so when the songs goes big, she can make it all seem real. Uplifting all the way to the bridge and beyond.

Muscular pretty much describes “Draw The Line” by Ballamona with this Manchester band flattening their song into the loud and proud missile that make midnight at the club a much better place to be. Enough for an explosion? Oh yes!

A song that simply exudes class and literacy, “Comfort” is yet more evidence that Sailing Stones -aka Jenny Lindfors – has the ways and means to enchant your ears. Grown ups with a taste for the poetic will like this one.

Punk pop never dies with Single By Sunday resurrecting that sound with their song “Debbie” and, whilst almost annoyingly catchy, this band nonetheless prove that spending three minutes or so in their company will inevitably lead to a smile.

Whilst Kadeema might seem like the kind of band that are more interested with what is inside the box, their song “Good Lies” provides enough in the way of emotional evidence to prove the band’s true intent lies outside of said box.