Interesting fact – Drake’s Rebellion completed their line-up by advertising for a new bass player on the Punktastic forums. Not bad, eh?
Anyway, this is Drake’s Rebellion, a five-piece fronted by chief songwriter Rhianon Hodgson. I’m sure there will be Paramore comparisons along the way but these are unjustified as the two bands sound nothing alike, female vocalists aside. DR have plenty of great ideas, they’re just not always well executed. ‘Fall Back’, for instance, has some great vocal melodies which are let down by some less than powerful guitar riffs and a few bum notes. But to be fair to the band they self-recorded this EP in a practice space and so the rougher edges can be forgiven. That said, if the band are serious about progressing they will need to get a better recording done next time round.
Overall this EP, which can be downloaded for free from bandcamp.com, is a decent effort that showcases plenty of good ideas. Those good ideas will have to be much better executed in the future though.