Venture - Stay True EP
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| Venture - Stay True EP |
For a band that list At The
Drive-In, Rancid and Against Me! as influences, this new EP by Wigan upstarts
Venture starts with a distinctly light and airy number. The opening track,
'Stay With Me' is a bouncy, acoustic lead and ukulele infused piece of
indie-ska with soft soulful vocals from Lucy Burrows and a sense of youthful
exuberance. The next track is 'Venture', an even more lilting number with
elements of Kate Nash and No Doubt as the male vs female vocals play back and
forth off each other in a gentle but lively fashion.
'Never Grow Old' is perhaps the
most poppy and mainstream track here as the ska rhythms jerk from the speakers
and the vocals are pitched somewhere between US emo and angst-pop with a
relatively pleasing outcome. The EP finishes up with the title track, 'Stay
True', and after four tracks it's clear that Venture have a real knack for
writing catchy, pop melodies over ska rhythms with perfectly pitched vocal
harmonies and a hint of up tempo folk. So, as a package, this should go down
pretty well but if I had to offer one word of advice it would be to beef the
sound up a bit as all the tracks sound a little bit thin. The key thing is the
songwriting though and that's nailed down so everything else is just fluff and
production.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/VentureMusicOfficial?fref=ts
http://www.officialventure.co.uk/
Live Dates:
27th May - Millstone Rocks, Golborne
8th June - Wigan Town Centre, Wigan
28th June - Boulevard, Wigan w/Roger The Mascot
9th August - The Banner, Wigan
6th September - DW Stadium, Wigan