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Neon Hit Me Again music review
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Neon Hit Me Again
V2 Records
Now THIS is a band to expect a lot from. With the release of their
four-track EP, Hit Me Again (V2 Records, 2005), this Australian trio
grabs
your attention on immediate impact.
Track listing:
01 Hit Me Again
02 Dizziness
03 He's a Whore [Demo Version]
04 Million Suns [Demo Version]
05 Dizziness [Multimedia Track]
Fronted by Josh Bitmead (guitar), and joined by Britt Spooner (bass)
and
Jamie Gurney (drums, vocals), the band seems to have a lot going for
them.
And presented in the EP, it starts with urgency.
The EP begins with the title track, and it is catchy. It’s a breakup
song
that actually manages to maintain its cool with vocals that echo Scott
Weiland and driving, heavy guitar riffs that put The Vines to a
downright
shame. (And the relentless tambourine gives a nice touch, too.)
Harmonic
vocals take place, even when Bitmead sings alone, and then the track
fades
out with a drumbeat/guitar strum mix.
And ‘Dizziness’ is simply reminiscent of punk-rock--with drumming
that’s
loud, fast and obnoxious.
The last two songs on the EP are demos, but are worth holding onto.
Strangely enough, they don’t even sound like demos at all-- they appear
to
be pretty much perfected. ‘He’s A Whore’ is very impressive for that
reason
alone. It contains old school beats and almost reflects a more youthful
Offspring, but more than anything, screams Nirvana.
‘Million Sons’ is the other demo, in which the band slows down, and
takes
things easier. It has more of a jangly sound to it, and although it
doesn’t
match the rest of the EP, it’s still just as good.
Neon sounds like something revamped from the late ‘90s, or better yet,
a
band that managed to make it out of the decade unscathed. Hopefully
there’ll
be more from the Aussie boys, as they possess that suncatcher style of
taking in a little bit of everything and putting out something
spectacular.
