The biggest and greatest buzz is discovering a new band, someone fresh that can rock the fuck out without compromising the clarity of their killer tunes, someone who you can say to your mates “you have to check these guys out”…and sit back and watch your kudos sky rockets. My intention has always been sharing good music, still the kudos is always welcome!
If you’ve bumped into me recently and we’ve talked music you will know of the band that has my full attention at the moment, If you’ve listened to SW1 Radio, the radio show I guest on you’ll have heard their tracks constantly played and their gigs often recommended…so which band has got Surge so excited I hear you ask?
Step forward Watford quartet SPY CATCHER. Formed at the turn of the year by former members of Cry for Silence and current members of Gallows and Haunts, they come fully-equipped with an Arsenal of Killer Rock tunes. They have already been treating our ears to some cracking live performances in London and the South-East throughout the month of April (Old Blue Last, Camden Crawl, and Barfly). The simply awesome ‘Music That My Dad Likes‘ was recommended in Kerrang‘s ‘10 Songs You Should Hear Now’ and that same track was Radio 1’s ‘Unsigned Track Of The Week’…you couldn’t ask for a better first few months as a band…so it’s time for all of us to sit up and take note!!!
What makes Spy Catcher unique is that their vocals don’t rely on the predictable sound you hear in every band that’s surfacing at the moment, it’s raw and throaty yet surprisingly tuneful at the same time. I especially like the diversity in Steve Sear’s vocals, when he hits the higher ranges on ‘Music That My Dad Likes‘, that raw throaty vocal steps aside to make way for booming Matt Bellamy-esque tones.
Killer tracks like ‘Good Times‘ and ‘You Got Soul‘ have the most amazing vocal hooks; I challenge you to walk away from a show (or listen of their demo) without singing a line from either song. The former providing the heart-felt chorus ”…these are not good times…these are hard times”, a possible insight into the current financial state the world is in at the moment. The latter possesses a superb pre-chorus hook, “… there was something about your shoes…” which leads perfectly into the infectious foot-stomping chorus.
Spy Catcher have the right song writing formula, the one that some bands take years to find and that some others never find…they should bottle their secret formula and sell some to bands that are poisoning our airwaves at the moment. I can’t wait to hear more from them on record, for now I’ll have to make do with their Demo and live onslaught.
As you’ll have probably noticed I haven’t compared Spy Catcher to any other bands, I’ll leave you to make your own decisions of who they sound like, consider this your introduction or eye-opener…now crank up the 2 tracks below and enjoy the best rock band the UK has produced for ages, ‘Good Times‘.
MP3’s:
Spy Catcher – Music That My Dad Likes
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This is the second post from guest contributor Surge. More to come from him soon.
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