Scott Andrews' diary-page lyricism suits the sound well. Heartfelt, if pretty overwrought and a bit too gushy, Narrative is a confident song cycle, roving between droney guitar balladry, sweeping arpeggio rock and depressed crunch in measured strides. That's the point: This is about feelings-and how they feel. It's melodramatic stuff, effusively, almost performatively, candid. Of course, -the definitive source on the now-cursed 'E' genre-calls the Sunny Days and Texas Is The Reasons of the world 'post-emo indie rock.' A semantic clunker, sure, but that's what Raleigh quintet The Radio Silence specializes in. And those carefully plucked boney notes from those sloppy Barre chords? Damn near expected from an emo band.

Back in the day when Jade Tree ruled the world, sodden songs by bands like Christie Front Drive, Mineral and Jimmy Eat World had the 7' hounds and scarf-wearing, Promise Ring kids in a euphoric tizzy. More work by Scott can be found here.Arpeggiated guitar parts are so mid-'90s. Radio Silence are on Twitter and Facebook.Д«and photo by Scott Jacobs. This is the start of something special.ДonвЂ™t miss Radio Silence live at The Engine Room, North Shields on July 2nd. On the strength of this flawless debut EP, Radio Silence have the potential to be the best no-holds-barred rock & roll group to come out of Newcastle since The Animals. Perhaps the most ambitious track on this energised and compelling EP, the title track careers along on a ping-ponging riff worthy of Sonic Youth at their most intense, before dropping into a вЂ™60s crooner segment and then returning for a full-blown guitar freak-out to conclude an immaculate set of songs that leave the listener hungry for a full-length album. Another psycho-drama perfect for a show-stopping live finale, the song again showcases the groupвЂ™s sublime grasp of dynamics and intuitive ensemble playing. Kicking the tempo up a notch, The Hanging Tree bristles with edgy menace reminiscent of early Bad Seeds. Heads Will Roll introduces a louche, bluesy swagger somewhere between Johnny Thunders and The Doors, Burlison obliquely referencing lockdown-induced mental health malaise as guitars stab and squall, while subtle melodica fleshes out the sound. Radio Silence have a neat trick of infusing their lyrics with contemporary political undertones while never stumbling into the clunky polemics of Idles, creating a subtle but cumulative effect over the course of this 5 track EP. Second track Repo Man prowls and lurches like early Bad Seeds on the lash with Gene Vincent, Andrew McaskellвЂ™s jazz-tinged ride cymbal patterns and Robert OwensвЂ™ swinging bass holding the song together as Burlison howls his timely tale of pitiless debt collection. The group display an impressive range of dynamics, while Burlison delivers an impassioned vocal that invokes the spirit of Jeffrey Lee Pierce circa Fire of Love-era Gun Club. IsolationвЂ™s lead track, Crank Bugs, sets out the groupвЂ™s stall from the start a deranged lightning bolt of untrammelled energy, this ferocious garage-rocker invites comparisons to The Stooges and The Cramps, but thereвЂ™s a contemporary sensibility to the track that evades the retro trap. With an end hopefully in sight of the long lockdown absence of live music, thereвЂ™s never been a better time for Radio Silence to emerge.ДЇronted by youthful fire spirit singer/guitarist Jack Burlison, with his unruly Wayne Kramer mop of hair, Radio SilenceвЂ™s powerhouse rhythm section is comprised of bassist Rob Owens and drummer Andy Mcaskell, while new recruit John Gair doubles up on guitar and keys. Along with The Pretty Things, The Animals struck a particular chord with young musicians in Detroit/Michigan, forming a key influence on The Stooges and The MC5 in particular.ДЄlmost 60 years later, Tyneside is experiencing a musical renaissance, with Hector GannetвЂs adventurous indie folk-rock, BlamireвЂs soaring electro-pop and BugmanвЂs punk-pop alchemy to name but a few highlights of the local scene, but for a long time now the area has lacked a really exciting high-energy rock & roll group that offers a fresh take on the genre. The Animals have long held a special place in the hearts of aficionados of garage-rock, the Newcastle groupвЂ™s gritty, working-class anthems having led the charge in the British Invasion of the US вЂ™60s pop charts.

Whitley Bay-based writer Gus Ironside hears echoes of The Cramps, The Gun Club and The Birthday Party and hails вЂњthe best no-holds-barred rock & roll group to come out of Newcastle since The AnimalsвЂќ.Д®arlier this year, Hilton Valentine, the North Shields-born original guitarist with The Animals, sadly passed away in his adopted home of Connecticut.

Newcastle garage-psych berserkers unleash their red-hot debut EP, Isolation.

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