Single Reviews

  DIY recording artist Bassey has set the record straight, showing you can create an absorbing alternative record from your home, ‘When This Day Has Gone’ is a prime example of a complex song with many layers swirling around meaningful lyrics. 

 ‘Be Together’ is a delight! Be prepared to enter a dream state and float between the hypnotic harmonies and ethereal licks. Solis combines wonderful textured sound around her quality vocal display. 

 ‘Shut Me Out’ signals a change in direction and a new chapter for The Lookout Service and we’re completely delighted with this new chapter’s massive drum sections and thumping guitar riffs. If you are a fan of the White Stripes, then you may have found your next favourite band. 

 Paola has created a delicious arrangement of layers for this track. ‘Searching For You’ has the sense of a hypnotic lyrical journey about it with a polished radio ready feel from start to finish.  

 ‘Lovesick Fool’ is the first glimpse of a new EP rising over the horizon from George, if this record is anything to go by then expect moody guitar driven riffs with a hint of Brit Pop flair oozing out of it’s pours. 

  ‘Runaways’ is a fast paced indie rock record, full of energy pulsing all the way through it! A good track to leave the dark months of winter behind for the fresher months of the spring. 

   ‘Harbinger’ taken from the fantastic new EP ‘Autonomy: Part One’, storms out like a rough, raw, and powerful robot from a future world, the track is packed with waves and layers of sound which roll over you as you realise Guerilla State are stomping new life into the alternative rock music scene! 

   If Garage rock with a hint of Punk is your thing The Shan will become your new must listen to band, X-Flies the new EP from The Shan will provide you with hours of continuous entertainment. The stand out track for us here at Off the Hook Music is ‘Grave Love’, rip roaring energy which has a strong rough garage guitar tone over a punchy punk vocal display.

 Thumping guitar riffs surrounding pure real life reflective lyrics of the righteousness of the daily grind of life. Like eating the last biscuit in the tin ‘Early Dreamer’ will leave you content with the day ahead. 

Blindly Follow Us has the soaring rock metal riffs with a hint of pop acceptance of the Nu Metal era of the early noughties, the strongest quality of the track is the absorbing lyrics depicting a suspicious revolt of being deceived roared out in a disgusted manner.

 Oh what a wonderful debut single from Ali Comerford, the artistic stringed instrument textures blend so well with Ali's unique beautiful vocals which draws you into the story within the track of leaving an unfulfilling relationship, but we can definitely tell you there’s nothing unfulfilling about this song!