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  • Run Kid: Promo CD review

    Run Kid

    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned.com, when I get a direct link I will update.

    Formed in March of this year, Dublin based Run Kid should be still cutting their teeth but this two track promo makes them sound like seasoned pros on top of their game.

    Track 1, Delphine is an uptempo pop punk track, nice harmonies, great piano lines and a chorus that makes you want to dance. The vocals from Paddy McKenna are slightly reminiscent of Ryan from Yellowcard to this listener, which is in no way a bad thing. Production on this track is top notch.

    Behind Closed Doors is track 2 a slower tempo track with a great build up to the chorus. These guys are going to be a force to be reckoned with. The string arrangement is so subtle, its masterful.

    Run Kid have defined their own sound, even in these two tracks, powerpop/punk with a distinctive piano and vocal combination. Going on these two tracks they should have a long career ahead of them.

    6 out of 6

    http://www.myspace.com/runkidmusic

    Picture from Run Kid’s Myspace Page

  • Frantic Jack: Firefly Review

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    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned.com when I get a direct link I will update

    Firefly is the debut single from Edenderry based band Frantic Jack.

    The band seem to wear their influences of their sleeves as shimmers of Counting Crows (vocally) and old school Green Day (guitar) raise their heads.

    Firefly is a melodic track with a standard verse chorus middle 8 chorus format.

    Its a decent track and if they were signed it would get a hell of a lot of airplay in the AOR charts. I’d love to see Frantic Jack push the limits a little as this is an amazingly tough genre to be in and it needs a little magic to break through.

    Track two on the single is Hang from the Gates. This track in its own right could easily be a single. It starts off electric guitar and vocals and builds up to a nice crescendo. Grey’s Anatomy hello?

    This is a good solid debut from Frantic Jack.

    5 out of 6

    www.franticjack.com

    Update 31/10/09 Congrats to Frantic Jack who entered the Irish single charts at number 23 yesterday

  • roisin

    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned. When I get a Direct Link I will Update,

    With a name like Róisín and The Beards, one automatically hopes that The lady in question has a couple of blokes in her band and doesn’t suffer from some other terrible affliction. On seeing photographs of the band, its safe to say its the former!

    ‘Meet me at the Central Bank’, the last line of many a conversation in Ireland’s capital, ten minutes before it actually happens.

    ‘I’ll be the one without the skateboard’ sings Róisín, ‘Come on let’s take a ramble’ which is what seems to happen in this tune. A series of refrains, all chorus like seem to make up this song apart from one slight breakdown. It needs a little more direction I’m afraid.

    A nice ditty, probably a good live song but not blowing me away.

    3 out of 6

    www.myspace.com/roisinandthebeards

    Picture taken from the Band’s Myspace Page.

  • Róisín & The Beards Review

    roisin

    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned. When I get a Direct Link I will Update,

    With a name like Róisín and The Beards, one automatically hopes that The lady in question has a couple of blokes in her band and doesn’t suffer from some other terrible affliction. On seeing photographs of the band, its safe to say its the former!

    ‘Meet me at the Central Bank’, the last line of many a conversation in Ireland’s capital, ten minutes before it actually happens.

    ‘I’ll be the one without the skateboard’ sings Róisín, ‘Come on let’s take a ramble’ which is what seems to happen in this tune. A series of refrains, all chorus like seem to make up this song apart from one slight breakdown. It needs a little more direction I’m afraid.

    A nice ditty, probably a good live song but not blowing me away.

    3 out of 6

    www.myspace.com/roisinandthebeards

    Picture taken from the Band’s Myspace Page.