Ours singer Jimmy Gnecco sounds a lot like Bono minus the work of the Edge. Instead they’ve seemingly swapped partners with Radiohead. “Fallen Souls” has that musical Radiohead flavor, but it’s surprising to hear vocals over the top so sure yet fragile.
Staying away from obvious Radiohead comparisons on “Fallen Souls”, they give us no such divergence on “Drowning”. It’s a good song, but how can you overlook the influence? “I’m A Monster” is a look into the face of self-destruction. “Bleed” is desperation at its finest. Even more tortured is “Meet Me In The Tower”, as he sings about meeting his love in the ground. That’s scary.
“Sometimes” has the formula for a hit, but I can’t get away from thinking about Radiohead every time I hear this album. One day I caught myself singing this song without no music on in the car and when I got home I reached for my Radiohead albums trying to figure out what song it was. “Miseryhead” has this melodic line that I’m sure I’ve heard before. It has this wild Stray Cats dig but stays autonomous.
Ours has plenty of potential if they can find their own voice. It’s hard to make it big when you sound like you are doing cover songs half of the time. Ours do write good original material, but until they have their own unique flavor, it’s going to be hard for fans to adopt them as their own.
+ rae gun
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