Gelato – Weird EP
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| Gelato - Weird |
Release Date: Out Now
There are four drum stick clicks at the start of this EP’s
opening track, ‘You Ain’t No Match’, but they may as well be the bell at the
start of a boxing match such is the smack around the face you get from the
opening riffs. Think Queens of the Stoneage mixed with the tight intensity of
Zappa and some of the more adventurous moments of the Incubus back catalogue
and you’d be thinking right for this tune. London trio Gelato waste no time in
getting things going on this EP which suggests they a) mean business and b)
know what they’re doing as this first tune takes time out for a little
Police-esque break half way through before getting back on track.
‘Breaking the Spell’ is the meat in this musical sandwich
and has a more subtle, theatrical opening before settling in to an ominous,
almost mechanical riff that puts me in mind of Reuben (I bloody loved Reuben)
but with a little more showmanship about their performance. Finally, we have ‘The
Optimist’, a tune of Muse-esque ambitions as the drums jerk and stutter in
direct opposition to the sliding, winding guitars and soaring vocals of
frontman Drew Wynen. This is an accomplished, polished and engaging set of
songs that stand up to multiple listens and reveal more about themselves each
time – substance AND style, if you will.
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