When I was in high school, I discovered a band from the \u201890s that I fell in love with: Gumball. The band, led by noted producer Don Fleming, also featured Eric Vermillion on bass. Gumball disbanded around 1995 and everyone went on to their own careers. Cut to twenty plus years later and 2\/3rds of the classic Gumball lineup has returned in a new band. Written, sung, and produced by Vermillion, The Full Counts features a lot of classic Gumball nuances: grungy vocals, heavy distortion, and a lot of crazy guitar work. Opening track \u201c(No You) Don\u2019t Let Me Down\u201d is a really great rocker with a lot of energy and some great vocals courtesy of Vermillion.<\/p>\n
\u201cBe With Me\u201d has more of a melodic feel to it and is just okay \u2013 there is nothing really notable here except for the inclusion of some \u201860s sounding guitars, which is a nice touch. If you like really loud, heavy guitar rock without a lot of other distractions, then this is definitely a record to check out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI Got The Time\u201d is a mellower number and one to really check out if you\u2019re looking to see the different aspects of this band. It\u2019s a really great song and again features some excellent vocals. There are a couple of acoustic cuts here, in particular \u201cThe One,\u201d and while they work, they aren\u2019t necessarily my favorites. \u201cOn My Own\u201d feels like it would work a lot better as a driving, fast rock track. \u201cI\u2019ve Been Thinkin\u2019, Babe\u201d is a bit of a blues track with some good guitar work and while it\u2019s interesting, it sticks out a bit too much. Still, it\u2019s good to see the band trying different things and not sticking to the same formula.<\/p>\n
Having loved Gumball, I was excited by the prospect of this record and those hopes were matched. This has ended up becoming one of the more exciting and promising debuts I\u2019ve heard in quite some time. I really hope to see more things from this band in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10030],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45024","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-full-counts","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45024","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45024"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45024"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}