The Draft EP [Import]

Description du produit 'The Draft EP' is the self released debut from bristol based band The Nova Saints. Produced by Paul Corkett (The Cure, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and ex-Verve guitarist Nick McCabe, 'The Draft EP' features four tracks ranging from the psych-pop of 'High Roller' and the glorious 'Slow Down' to the dirty rock 'n' roll of title track 'The Draft'. The EP is completed by 'Far Out' as re-mixed by Nick McCabe, his first recorded outing since re-mixing The Music in 2004. 'The Draft EP' is released on the band's own HR4 records and limited to 500 copies. Critique Bristol based five-piece The Nova Saints may just be the band to inject some much needed attitude back into the UK music scene. With 'The Draft' the band picks up where Oasis left off sometime around 1997, and then adds some. It is a a rollicking, rocking guitar driven piece which is destined to fill floors at rock clubs and indie discos alike. 'Slow Down' - as the name implies - steps back into a lower gear, and is classic Britpop, complete with killer hooks and the biggest singalong chorus of the year so far. The slower vein continues with 'High Roller', an atmospheric number which sucks you in with repeated listening. Probably the real highlight of this EP, despite its slow burning nature. Give it a chance, and you will get hooked. Enlisting the remixing talents of former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe, The Nova Saints can be credited with a bona-fide stroke of genius in 'Far Out'. It is psych-rock at its most haunting, and could easily become a modern comedown classic. Given the quality of the material contained within this debut release, expect big things from The Nova Saints. 4 1/2 out of 5 --www.clickmusic.comAs self-released debuts come, they don't get much more impressive than this. The production team of Paul Corkett (The Cure, Nick Cave) and ex-Verve guitarist Nick McCabe is also a bit of a coup, McCabe is something of a perfectionist and picks his projects carefully, so it's good to see him involved in a band in it's infancy. The Nova Saints deserve this break, this EP brims with tunes and riffs harking back to McCabe's old band with twists of the original Creation bands. The title track kicks off this 4-track EP, a raucous wall of sound bursts into life after the initial guitar riff, the vocals strong but forced finding themselves somewhere between Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) and Andy Bell (Ride). Elements of both their respective bands also feature heavily, from the wah-wah solo of The Drift to the washes of shoe-gazing guitar of Slow Down through to the heavily fuzzed noise behind High Roller. The only disappointment is the lyrics, dealing with the more mundane sides of life and the general issues of love and loss it's not the most inspiring but the delivery is anthemic, the music uplifting and well paced so that these minor problems are forgotten amongst the wash of guitars and drums. The McCabe remix of Far Out closes the album and, whether this is the direction they're going to take in the future, it's certainly a nice dimension to explore. Creating a dreamy landscape of feedback and gentle drums, it's more akin to the post-rock fraternity but with the occasional ethereal vocals. So whilst it's not a perfect start, this is still an impressive beginning for a band. The ideas are all there and certainly their sound and direction is spot on. A touch more attention to the finer points of songwriting will surely allow these guys to take their place in the public conscious. At the moment there's a gap where The Verve and Ride used to reside, one for a band who can mix their rock with the more finer aspects of shoe-gazing and dreamy landscapes of psychedelia. --www.thelineofbestfit.com Biographie de l'artiste A gang of five disenchanted yet ambitious mates from Hereford, relocated to Bristol, UK where they live, sleep and rehearse under the same roof, The Nova Saints blend spaced out rock 'n' roll with psych-tinged pop