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Middleage are
another band to come out of that hot bed of musical talent Stockholm
Sweden. The band all aged 21 bring forward the aspirations of youth
and a sound that is definitely now with their debut ‘Different View’.
For me as a
reviewer the opening track has to standout to really get my attention and
get the creative juices flowing as regards to the review, and the opener
on this album ‘Rewind’ is one of such example of how to get people sitting
up and taking notice of your music! As the distorted guitars
lead into the vocals of Freddie Rein you know this is going to be
something special. As the rest of the song unfolds with the
streaming guitars of Mike Szymanski then the angst filled vocals are taken
over by the pounding rhythms of Johan Andersson on bass and Andre
Andersson’s pulsating drums, you quickly begin to wonder just what the
rest of the album might have to offer to beat this impressive opener.
Well things
continue to impress with the darker tones of the first of the singles off
the album ‘Different View’ and carrying on into ‘Separated’, the tempo
soon picks up into a thumping, almost nu-metal angst filled assault on the
senses. I can really imagine this song going down a storm live.
The next track
‘Open Me’ is another mood driven song that has that definite Scandinavian
dark feel about it, a bit like HIM in some respects, but unlike anything
in others. After a short interlude of a none descript vocal, which
is so none descript that it doesn’t even appear on the track listing, then
it's back to the tunes with the bass driven ‘Not Afraid’ and the deeply
soul searching ‘Fire’.
The pace is once
more picked up with ‘Hungry Needs’, a song that is very early Linkin Park-ish
(their first album) before the final track and the second of the singles
‘Someone To Reach For’. A more mellow affair and probably the finest
song written by Andre Andersson on the entire album. A real slow
burner that rounds off a very impressive debut from a band that have the
potential to go far if this album is anything to go by. |
