Labels: Newest Industry
Review by: Andy Malcolm
This is the latest band featuring a chap named Scott who you may remember from previous acts such as Shonben, Broccoli and Apple Orchard. If
you are familiar with those bands then you’ll also be familiar with the common thread of sound that runs through them – the strains of the UK
melodic hardcore style. And Sedaced continue that to great effect on the 6 songs on here. Each tune packs in solid vocals, catchy melodic
parts and straight forward but exciting riffage that are the standards for this style. It’s all fairly mid-paced and not at all
unpredictable, but this sort of thing isn’t supposed to be. The chorus parts are often standout, such as on the excellent second track. It
features the misheard lyric “so headstrong with your knickers on”. The third track differs in that it is much more slow burning,
twinkling initially before building up to big waves of crunchy guitar kind of similar to early Christie Front Drive when it reaches these
swooping crescendo’s. Of course, Eric isn’t singing but you’ll live. Song four is great too, I love the part where it comes out with all
guitars blazing after slowing to a halt. UKMHC go! The final track may well be the best of the lot, the guitars really gallop away at a pace
– kind of reminds me of the best track on the Apple Orchard 7″ (8 years, not much has changed) or the fastest Broccoli stuff.
I have to say that it sounds way better on my shitty car stereo than on my headphones mind you, am not at all sure why that is. I guess that
my car stereo makes the recording sound a bit more raw (or faster, somehow!), whilst on my headphones it seems tamer. Peculiar. Either way,
this transports me back to when I first heard stuff like this in 1998, and does a great job with it. Excellent release, even if it sounds
better in my car than it ever does indoors.