#perthbands

We Came From Wolves have never been far from my ears for about the last 3 years.  From the thumping jaggy sounds of their “Paradise Place” EP to their supersonic self titles debut LP and up to now with the release of their 5 track EP “Haunt Me”

This band holds a special place in my musical heart, the plentiful number of gigs during 2015/2016 showed me what a hard working, determined and passionate rock band they are.  I loved listening to their guitars, their beats, their bass, their voices and gluing all that together was Kyle Burgess’ very honest words, clearly drawn, pulled and set free from brain to voice to record.  If the words on Paradise Place talked of cathartic scripture, the words on their debut LP WAS the cathartic scripture and now on “Haunt Me” they have given everything to create the 5 songs.

The opener “Falling” creeps in and crashes into a frantic paced stormer leading into a crowd pleasing sing-a-long chorus and a lad-chant that WCFW have always been good at (most notably on “An Eagle For A Fish” and “Butterflies”).. Recent single “The Peak Beneath The Sea” nestles in perfectly at Track 2, with it’s killer chorus, demon drums.  Title track “Haunt Me” slows the pace down a notch, to wonderful effect, it’s softer yet still powerful chorus is a future audience arm waver, the kind of song you’d expect to hear in a montage at the end of a movie.  Another recent single “Places Unfamiliar” storms in to it’s relentless rhythmic beats, verses and empowered chorus.  Closer “This Never Gets Easy” begins with a lad chant before a harmonious verse and one of the passionate chorus belt-outs you’ll ever hear.  From then on every last drop of Wolf is poured onto the listener, enough to imagine singer Kyle collapsed in a heap on the studio floor.  This EP is essential listening, whatever your listening for you’ll hear it here.  We Came From Wolves career trajectory will soon be likened to that of bands such a Twin Atlantic, their upcoming tour of Euro dates will garner a whole new set of fans, and deservedly so.

Stream and download “Haunt Me” https://wecamefromwolves.bandcamp.com/album/haunt-me

Perth has been peaking it’s glorious head above the radar for a while now in all things cultural.  The city contains many wonderful things and a lot of talented people, It can claim among it’s musical talents the sounds of Good Cop Great Cop, the nucleus of We Came From Wolves, Flat Six, and Draws Creature Mask among others.  New to the growing list is a band of young lads named Stop The Rain.

With some band members in, and some barely out of their teens they have such a reassuring accomplished sound that you’d think they’d been in the biz for years.  With a (sadly unavailable) debut release in 2016 the “Save My Life” EP has such songs of pop/rock quality.  Over the course of the last 12 months they have release 3 separate singles - “Home Is Where The Heart Is”, “Skylight” and “Ghosts”, each a breakthrough hit in my opinion.

This week sees the release of their first EP “Sinking” out on download and limited edition CD.  It contains 4 new songs all written by the band.  The opener “Your Head’s A Prison\” kicks it off with a burst of energy that doesn’t let up with some fairly epic guitar.  Track 2 “Cut The Cord” has a killer chorus and some epic drums.  Track 3 “Side Effect” has the most amazing vocal lines sung with such passion and a guitar hook that puts everything in the Top 10 to shame. Track 4 and title track “Sinking” is a song that has quiet moments then a burst out chorus.  All the songs here give the band a great opportunity to showcase their writing and their musical talents.  Citing their influences like Fatherson and Twin Atlantic I think they can rightly claim the niche in the alternative rock world that lies somewhere in the fusion of those amazing bands.  With uber-producer Mark Morrow (another sign of a quality release), they deserve to go far, so keep on, don’t stop Stop The Rain.

Friday 15th September catch them co-headline in Perth at The Gig Room with November Lights.  “Sinking” EP is available to download the same day.

http://www.stoptherainmusic.com/