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The first studio offering from Berkshire-based quartet, Run To Me. This four track EP gives us a taster of what will be an incredible first album from a band with buckets of talent and real potential.

‘Even on the Darkest Nights‘ begins with a crescendo of guitar, grabbing you from the very first chord. Lead vocalist Adam Blake’s deep gravel begins, a voice far beyond his years, Blake is like a young Eddie Vedder crossed with Kurt Cobain - what an odd love-child that would be! A gorgeous guitar solo by lead guitarist Danny Harvey concludes the opener.

More beautiful guitar-work begins the more melodic second track, ‘Kings Crescent’. A solid track with strong drums that ends in another superb, Muse-esque guitar solo. 

Shredding guitar put to one side, the third track is an acoustic, ‘Too Late to Pretend’. Honest and thoughtful lyrics make this song, with lines such as “hide my face in a blanket of disgrace, I don’t feel any shame”. The lead guitar helps to make the song a little different from any other ‘emotional acoustic track’. 

The EP ends with ‘Awake’ which begins with an infectious drum beat from Charlie Wescombe. Sounding like a mixture of Jimmy Eat World and Young Guns, this track is relentless and in my opinion, the best on the EP. Superb lyrics and a driving bass guitar from Josh Poole make this song one that you really don’t want end. 

This band are really one to look out for, a recent Facebook competition saw them beat their competition to win a professionally recorded music video so keep an eye on their Facebook/Twitter/YouTube for that one. Oh, and i’m sure Kerrang will be in touch soon enough. 

Check out Run to Me on:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RunToMeMusic

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RunToMeMusic

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BlindingLightMusic/videos

And don’t forget to download their free debut EP from: http://runtome.bandcamp.com/

Si. 

This is me doing an actual texty blog…! 

Fuck..

Basically, if you’re into rants of the highest calibre, then http://stetough.tumblr.com/ is worth a follow. Much more intelligent stuff than myself, I just love kittens falling into boxes.

Si x

constancegrace asked: ii think your mylo xyloto review was spot on. awesome job :)

Thank you very much!!

I saw your post, you should definitely write a review - would be good to see what you think :) 

Mylo Xyloto, a title plucked from the depth of Chris Martin’s imagination marks Coldplay’s fifth studio album and it is just as experimental as it’s title. 

Following on from the more electronic and acoustic elements touched on in previous release,  “Viva la Vida”, “Mylo Xyloto” builds atmosphere in ways Coldplay have never touched on before. Clearly a concept album, Coldplay take the listener on a journey through the unknown with instrumental tracks “Mylo Xyloto”, “M.M.I.X” and “A Hopeful Transmission” adding a sense of tension and suspense. 

“MX” touches on Coldplay’s “rockier” early albums albums as well, with tracks such as “Major Minus” and “Don’t Let it Break Your Heart” - which could both be slotted into the track-listing on “A Rush of Blood to the Head” or “Parachutes”. 

“Princess of China” marks a new venture for Coldplay: a duet. R&B superstar Rihanna features on this song which, when announced, proved to be rather controversial. Some die-hard Coldplay fans will criticize the band for jumping on the commercial band-wagon attached with collaborating with a huge name like Rihanna. Others will welcome it with open arms and accept that Coldplay are merely trying something new. 

“Mylo Xyloto” is a superb album from start to finish and the mixture of old and new works perfectly. Chris Martin has announced this could be the band’s last release. Hopefully this won’t be the case, however, if it is, “Mylo Xyloto” will act as a fitting swan song.