Every once in a while a band will come along who defy
genres, I'm not saying that as a band Bleach Blood are a multi Genre collision
within the sound of each track, what I am saying is their music differs from
track to track making them hugely exciting to follow. When listening back to
their previous releases you’ll hear a band trying to find their style, from the
upbeat punk sound heard on their debut EP “The Young Heartbreakers Club EP”
which in itself is a bit of a mixed bunch, tracks like ‘I Was Born In A Rave’
and ‘Let Your Heart Sing’ taking a heavier sound while ‘Bleached Blood’ takes
on a more visceral and dramatic tone throughout. The band followed up this
release with their single ‘Anything Anything’ which took a more pop and indie
sound while holding some of the heavier undertones you’ve heard on the EP; now,
to take you back to the actual review of ‘H.O.P.E’ and make everything I've
just wrote a lot more relevant, they've changed their game again.
To say it’s a complete removal from everything they've done
thus far is a totally ludicrous statement to make; you can draw huge
comparisons to ‘Bleached Blood’ when hearing the deep and meaningful lyricism
Jamie shows throughout, the emotional investment you hear in the delivery of
every verse. In essence the song revolves around the idea of looking back on
things that are broken in life and seeing how you’ve essentially lost, whether
the memories are of relationships lost or mistakes made you’ve got to maintain
your dignity, realize the problems can be solved and as the title suggests have
hope for what the future has in store. Obviously loosely based on the last
couple of years of lead singer Jamie Jazz’s life the song is impressively
atmospheric and emotive helping to bring the listener into the thought pattern
he has experiences and reassure them that things do get better.
"We've got hope in our hearts"
The emotive and atmospheric sound of the track show a band
made of people who genuinely love what they’re doing and does nothing but add
to the anticipation for the band’s debut album release; you can hear influences
from a wide variety of different acts, the sound can’t really be defined as there’s
no one doing anything similar out there at the moment, there’ clear influences
of 70’s and 80’s punk and rock while you can hear the pop influences in the
lyrics, working together to make something so individual it’s sure to be the
start of a long and successful career of a band who clearly work extremely
hard.
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