Labels: self released
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Demo tapes are always hard to review, particularly if you’ve been in contact with one of the members of the band and they are a thoroughly cool person. So, to my eternal thanks, I am glad Sunfactor are any good, as it means I don’t have to come up with a roundabout way of saying otherwise.
Yup, sometimes I rail against bands that don’t bring anything desperately new to the table, but there is something about the way Sunfactor serve up their beautiful noise. They’ve got a definite Texas Is The Reason sound, with their use of the heavier bass guitar blended with that oh so good lighter indie guitar playing that just sends me over the edge right now. And for a demo [d-emo?], they sure play mightily well. And the sound quality is way impressive, I have no idea as to how much this sort of thing costs but I hope they didn’t dig themselves into a financial hole or anything.
This tape came in the post in the morning, so I put the tape on and got back into bed. Combine the fact that my room is pretty damn cold [due to a broken a radiator] with this tape, and I had the perfect excuse to not get up for a while. 3 songs here, varying from slowish to mid-paced, each of them with it’s own standout points. First up (Cheeze title alert!) “Like The Angel You Are”, starts off very dreamily, before introducing the crunchier guitar sounds for the chorus. Yummy. “Fall In New England” is a little weaker, it has one bit that doesn’t sound right in the chorus where there is a few drumbeats that seem to be at the wrong pace. Still as this is the only quibble I have, who cares? And anyway, I have no clue about what music is supposed to sound like, hence I write about it instead. Sunfactor have got that big, sort of epic sounding emo rock thing going on again here, they sure do this style well. Things are rounded off with “The Rain That Fell Today”, yay, get in with your emo cliche! Maybe they could be a little more obtuse with the song titles…Actually though, this is the best song of the three, a stormer that had me wishing there was more when I was lying in bed. The singers vocals remind me of Sense Field on this one, done with a lot of feeling and sort of powerful without being overbearing. This is their most ‘rock’ number, a big wall of guitars and a little more pace. There’s a way cool faster bit near the end too, it’d be cool if they have a song or two that are done entirely at that speed.
Top notch, we need a band like this in England. This good today, how good tomorrow?