Labels: Owsla
Review by: Andy Malcolm
This is a 4 track demo from a band that has a couple of dudes who run great labels that I really
respect, so I was pretty sure that the music on here would be the kind of thing I would enjoy. The
music is kind of urgently vocalled mid-paced emo, the comparison that springs to mind most
obviously for me is the Shivering – I think it’s the desperate style of vocals that really makes me
think that. The songs are pretty solid and have a decent recording for a demo, they tend to revolve
around the drums and bassline creating the groove whilst the guitar kind of wanders off on it’s own
in a way – it’s not prominent in the mix and doesn’t get on top of things, which may well be the
intention. It’s difficult to describe anyway, I guess it has a Moss Icon flavour in a sense, just
with much shorter songs!
Anyways, this is decent without being outstanding just yet – but that’s what demo’s are for.
Definitely a band that I will be interested to hear more of in the future.