Labels: self released
Review by: Joe Callaghan
“Tech’ is closer than it has ever been to establishing itself as a genre. Saying the word “Tech’ reminds me of being at Hardcore shows, and everyone doing that “twiddle” thing with their fingers for every shred and sweep pick. Many years ago, some kid in a Smiths shirt with the sleeves taken off (Seriously) “twiddled’ his fingers for an entire D-Rail set. It was really cool. So, that is your history of Tech, this is a Tech band, and this is their Tech demo. It twiddles, it chugs, it screams and it has more time signatures than you’ve had hot dinners. They’ve probably heard of bands like Daughters or the bands that sound like Daughters, because it shows. They are exceptional musicians, the production is remarkable as far as the standards of demo recordings are concerned and the structures are tight and impressive”¦ I don’t like it though. I mean, it’s good, but they are trying their hand at the whole Tech thing, which pales in comparison to the ridiculous state of Tech bands at the moment, who are far more resolute on the style-over-substance approach, boasting musical flair over the knack of putting together a good song. Because WDS have obviously concentrated on crafting presentable songs, the inclusion of the technical structures seems like a “lite’ adaptation of what they are aiming for. Diet Tech. This results in the whole affair having a very hollow impression on me, gasping in desperation to just fatten up and fill out. A more rigid structure, a definitive rhythm guitar to underline the opposite fret-board’s wandering would be endlessly beneficial, or just something that would set this aside from the sound-alike’s and the show-off’s. Considering how fresh WDS are out of the blocks, and how quickly they managed to put this release together, I feel certain they will develop on the areas where this demo lacks. Regardless of what are purely subjective flaws, this is as impressive as a first demo could possibly be.