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Vega4 melds melody with energy
Dave Goncalves
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Through decades of chart topping pop, rock from the UK has managed to make its name on the US lists. The Clash, The Beatles, U2 and a many others have left their mark on this side of the Atlantic. Now, Vega4, a London based rock quartet with very different and unique backgrounds, takes a stab at making a dent on the American scene with their latest album You and Others.
The album opens up with the rhythmic and catchy You and Me. It gets your foot moving to the beat as Johnny McDaid's distorted voice cuts its way out through the guitars and drums. The song sets the mood for the rest of the CD and helps carry it out all the way through. The same energy and style is used for the next two tracks to keep some consistency going.
Life is Beautiful mellows the disc out a little. Some may recognize and enjoy it from the show Greys Anatomy, others may simply enjoy it for its melodic style. The song starts off rather low key and starts to pick up momentum and holds it for about six minutes. The simplicity of the song can be heard through its almost strict use of chords to help accent the vocals and chorus.
After Life is Beautiful, the CD works up a little energy and then comes back down again with Bullets. This seems to set the trend for the rest of the album as it slowly descends into a more mellow and relaxed feel as opposed to a poppy really high energy bash. Though in the middle of some songs, the band likes to throw in these small lashes of energy that just burst out and then die down again. Sometimes they use the kinetic force from these little bursts to carry the song to its end and leave the listener with this little high.
The songs that accent the album the most would have to be You and Me, Let Go, and the final track Boomerang. Each of these seems to represent the trends of the CD very well as high energy and rhythmic to its climax and then to the close in a melodic sort of relaxing style.
The influence for this CD "is everything. It's life. Everything we do... everything that happens is our influence. There is no one influence," Johnny McDaid said, the bands vocalist.
The album opens up with the rhythmic and catchy You and Me. It gets your foot moving to the beat as Johnny McDaid's distorted voice cuts its way out through the guitars and drums. The song sets the mood for the rest of the CD and helps carry it out all the way through. The same energy and style is used for the next two tracks to keep some consistency going.
Life is Beautiful mellows the disc out a little. Some may recognize and enjoy it from the show Greys Anatomy, others may simply enjoy it for its melodic style. The song starts off rather low key and starts to pick up momentum and holds it for about six minutes. The simplicity of the song can be heard through its almost strict use of chords to help accent the vocals and chorus.
After Life is Beautiful, the CD works up a little energy and then comes back down again with Bullets. This seems to set the trend for the rest of the album as it slowly descends into a more mellow and relaxed feel as opposed to a poppy really high energy bash. Though in the middle of some songs, the band likes to throw in these small lashes of energy that just burst out and then die down again. Sometimes they use the kinetic force from these little bursts to carry the song to its end and leave the listener with this little high.
The songs that accent the album the most would have to be You and Me, Let Go, and the final track Boomerang. Each of these seems to represent the trends of the CD very well as high energy and rhythmic to its climax and then to the close in a melodic sort of relaxing style.
The influence for this CD "is everything. It's life. Everything we do... everything that happens is our influence. There is no one influence," Johnny McDaid said, the bands vocalist.
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