Funny things happen in this business.\u00a0 Like for example, me not really fancying 90s Brit-rock icons Oasis — quit your gasping, now, I just don\u2019t get the appeal of recycled Beatles melodies played loud and muddy over marble-mouthed vocals — yet being quite entertained by this disc. <\/p>\n
The Go Station is a New York-based outfit that throws enough layers of melody and bombast onto their guitar-happy tunes so as to make comparisons to the brothers Gallagher somewhat inevitable.\u00a0 It\u2019s not the most original sound, but it\u2019s pulled off deftly here and with the added bonus that most of the time you can actually make out the words Doug Levy is singing (take that, Liam).\u00a0 The group is rounded out on this recording by Matt Friedlander (guitars and backing vocals), Nick Picozzi (bass) and Joel Frost (drums). \u00a0(Since Quiet Zone<\/i>\u2019s release, the band has added a second guitarist and changed drummers.) <\/p>\n
To be fair, opener \u201cC\u2019mon\u201d feels much more Jimmy Eat World than Oasis in its wide-open, earnest melodocism: \u201cSoakin\u2019 up the tears around you \/ Waitin\u2019 for another dream \/ etc.\u201d\u00a0 Oh, but when the spacious arrangement opens up further to reveal a stuttering drum pattern, things do get very Coldplay all of a sudden.\u00a0 Are you *sure* these guys aren\u2019t from \u201cWandering Away\u201d actually starts out feeling somewhat rootsy with a lilting electric figure supporting a repeating lyrical pattern.\u00a0 Then at 1:30 the big guitars come in and you imagine this tune translating well to a large venue with its sing-along verses and potent breaks.\u00a0 A little distortion on the vocals near the end adds texture as well.\u00a0 \u201cHold On\u201d adds even more echo and distortion to Levy\u2019s vocals, achieving the sort of airy effect you associate with U2, but the fat dirty guitar sound that increasingly takes over the middle section of the song is pure Noel. \u00a0Nice acoustic outro, also.\u00a0 <\/p>\n The closing pair \u201cAnother Day\u201d and \u201cThe Way Of The World\u201d are where all pretense falls away and the Go Station unloads a double-barreled blast of Oasis-style stadium rock, rich with big, sludgy guitars and a sneering edge to the anthemic vocals.\u00a0 I shouldn\u2019t like this, but I do.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s the Jet-like swagger and winking humor that comes to the fore in this pair of rockers\u2026 or maybe I\u2019m just feeling contrary today. <\/p>\n The fact that Noel Gallagher is a notorious borrower of melodies and hooks only doubles the doppelganger fun of this disc.\u00a0 Quiet Zone<\/i> is a joyride through the best elements of \u201890s Brit-pop and modern retro-rock, and a potent opening statement from a band that\u2019s slated to release its first full-length in 2007. \u00a0Put me on the list, guys. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7836],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-40004","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-go-station","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40004"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40004"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}