Although Reeko could be tagged as 'emo' by some, their jaunty, jagged guitars and ear-bursting drums make them far more interesting than the vast majority of bands out there these days. The Exeter quartet are inventive and original and that scores highly with me, even if 'Year Ecad' isn't the easiest of EP's to get into. With opener '1.2' a stop-start, bass-heavy stomper, the band tend to stick to the rockier side of things, pushing the amps up a notch and blasting their way through three-and-a-half minutes of 'still after that panacea, i see'.
One thing that is prevalent in Reeko is the heavy bass-lines that fuse everything together. 'Heavy Music Day' is a mash of flying limbs as the drums crash and the bass rumbles, typical of what Reeko can do. They don't sound like any of the mainstream contemporary bands that many others do, and I find that strangely appealing, even though Reeko aren't really what I'd usually listen to. Still, originality will always be a hit and these guys do enough things differently to stand out.
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Freakscene
Paul
