Salacious Crumb
4 Song Demo Review
Hailing from the New England area, Salacious Crumb brings to the table a heaping serving of the current publicly approved, pop embodied, contiguously irresistible punk rock. It's an upbeat dose of plainly structured songs using catchy hooks that would make bands like The Teen Idols, Pennywise and even Green Day proud. Hidden in these unadorned song arrangements and time signatures lies a great sense of honesty that is earnest in its delivery of an unyielding energy. After just one song, you find yourself either tapping to the beat or humming the choruses as if they seeped into your subconscious without even the slightest declaration. Using just a few chords, the guitars strum at a furious rate of speed without defaulting into a clutter of noise. These inherently crisp noises overlay a constant, but stable, drum beat that creates a foundation of appealing resonance for the lead singer (Chris), who demonstrates his knowledge of vocal measure. The scratchy voice is reminiscent of an older version of punk, which provides the overall sound with more of an edgy aggressiveness. Which is required in the music industry if you want to be distinguished from the mass of bands being played on the radio that use the pop/punk style. This is a respectable start for this band and if they expand a little musically, they could quite possibly have a hit on their hands. This could be accomplished through applying a little more diversity. Hence, the catchy, compelling sound tends to become repetitive which effects the re-playability of the disc.
[Brodie Holden] |
