Review: Electric Circus’ newest alternative-rock single ‘Some Kinda Love’ soars through emphatic guitar solos, gritty instruments and a tumultuous love
Newcastle based alternative-rockers Electric Circus formed alike most recent bands during the midst of the global pandemic, rising out of the ashes of its destruction with a sound that’s intricately curated and determined to be heard. Since stepping foot on the music scene, the four-piece have sold out headline shows, supported Jamie Lenman, played all over the country, and now find themselves back in the studio releasing their third storming single of the year ‘Some Kinda Love.’
A kickass hurtling drum beat leads into the quick-paced experience that is ‘Some Kinda Love’, an immediate introduction to the hurtling speed and adrenaline-pumping highs of this quartet’s pulsating alt-rock soundscape. Accompanied by gritty electric guitar strums and an emphatic opening guitar solo that shreds the place to pieces, Electric Circus already establish a great amount of momentum and musical flair before the first verse has even began. Simmering into a steady thumping beat, deep bassline and subdued picked electric guitar strings, the verse flows out like the calm before the storm, still containing all the rich instrumental depth while lowering volumes and dominance - for now. Their vocalist sings atop with a rock-esque tone ladened in husky allure and charismatic spirits, perfectly complementing the song’s heavy, 80’s leaning sound. Things soon return back to a thunderous high for the choruses impact that’s enclasped in crashing drums, raw electric guitar strums and an overall frantic feel, all the while their vocalist leans into a hoarser, angsty approach you just can’t help but head-bang along to. The bridge shows off an eccentric electric guitar solo that’s been building right from the beginning, unleashing an impressively scaling riff all the while the instrumentals continue to hit at full force, closing out the track with heightened instrumental energetics. Hooked on every fiery element, ‘Some Kinda Love’ is the kind of fast-paced, impassioned single you just can’t get enough of, looping in your mind long after listening with an addictive level of fizzling fuzes going off around every turn in this three minute journey.
Spilling through the tumultuous soundscape of ‘Some Kinda Love’ is an equally shakey lyrical narrative, as Electric Circus speak of all the positives and negatives that come with every relationship, ultimately just wanting to show and feel loved through it all even when it can be hard to shake off a grudge. Fuelled by frustrations and mismatched personalities, lyrics like ‘why don’t you just tell me something that won’t just start a fight?’ emphasise the difficulties of a partner who just can’t help but light a fuse in their every comment, blowing up the steady bedding of their relationship with a continual battleground. Multifaceted lines like ‘baby can’t you see, it’s all the things that you’re doing to me’ carry through the passion as much as the pain though, equally alluding to the things they’re doing wrong as much as it does the spell they have that keeps them coming around. Hurting and wanting comfort from the one that should be there regardless, Electric Circus sing ‘I just wanna feel something that is real, some kind of love’ , a reminder that through the turmoil it’s always most important to work as a team that care for one another rather than taking petty shots. In many ways a lot of the lyrics also correlate to toxic relationships at the core, worn down by the lows but continually pulled back in by every single racing high and stuck back inside a never-ending cycle: ‘when will I just get through my head my future’s not with you?’ In whichever way you interpret it, ‘Some Kinda Love’ always leaves you with some kind of positive take-away, whether it be empowerment to walk away from something unhealthy or to look introspectively and shift your argumentative approaches.
Check out ‘Some Kinda Love’ here to appreciate Electric Circus’ rowdy sound mixed with a message that truly matters.
Written by: Tatiana Whybrow
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