Welcome to the Connecticut quartet, The Pretty Graves, debut album and it is a storming amalgam of styles. Complex, yet incredibly melodic. Dark, yet built on almost Power Pop choruses. Deep, yet incredibly accessible.
At face value, you might take this lot as Alt Rock, but that is just a part what they do, extending to multi faceted individual songs. The riffs and solo are incredible and the songs veer between Pop Rock, Psych and Slacker Rock.
The opener Bending Reeds kicks off with a Bowie Berlin Guitar Intro and a vocal that is all sleazy Noo Yawk. but morphs into a Psych Guitar extravaganza and that is just one song. Each Breath instrumentally is wonderful fuzzed up Noise Rock, yet vocally somewhere between 90s Grunge and Slacker Rock.
Up On The Hill gets all Velvet Underground, yet Nothing Passes Like Time is outstanding melodic Pop Rock. That Guitar Pop is present throughout, Do It All Night and Feels Good are other examples. The latter is pulled along by a magnificent riff and groove.
Queen Of Lies gets mighty close to Psych Pop, whilst Walkin' is nearer to the late 80s, early 90s, melodic shoegaze. It is rare to hear a band that can be so melodic, yet also let loose. This debut promises so much and is absolutely engaging.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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