One of my thingies is not to read up on bands before I listen to them. I think it makes for better listening when you don’t know anything about them and your head is clear of pigeon holing and stereotypes to enjoy the music.
When I sat down and listened to the neat 4 track debut EP from Gunning For Tamar, what I got was a tight and visceral helping of angular rock, where the vocals are thoughtful yet punk and the jagged edges of bass and tapped guitar all add up to something I could go mental too in a club and later on enjoy figuring out what it’s all about.
‘Time Trophies‘ EP, released on Alcopop! covers more ground in four songs than most rock bands do in a full length LP.
‘Chocolate Hooves‘ slaps you round the face and then caresses it, winding up like a spring and ejecting walls of addictive complicated melodies.
The old pub piano led ‘Astronaut-Abort‘ twinkles below and mournful yet busy exterior and climaxes as well as any epic guitar led crescendo I’ve heard.
The jewel in this EP comes last though, when the boys let their creativity shine with the electronic sounds of a remix of ‘Time Trophies‘, buzzing and clicking, enphasizing the whirring vocal melodies and as with every song on this handful of beauties, is as tight a as a bum and as well deserving of the success I’m sure is awaiting them.
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Post by TR Wicks
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TRACKS: Time Trophies (Radio Edit) by GunningForTamar
Steal The Sunshine At Your Peril (Remix) by GunningForTamar
