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Uniting The Elements EP
Uniting The Elements are a full time pure ass rock and roll band from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. There aren't many bands of their stature from the area so I was quite excited to find out about them. I received a message on myspace and recognised their picture from an album I found in my friends CD collection dated around 2003. Immediately I put it on and fell in love with the originality this band brings, not even half way through the CD I replied to their message extremely hopeful that we could work together in the future. They sent me a new EP with 3 tracks on: Coming Home, Get Your Head Around and Run. The band are the beautiful Dawn on vocals, Ola on guitar and the equally beautiful Sarah on drums. They formed in 2002 and have since played more then 450 concerts, rated best in the US radio test market I'm sure this band are going to be around for an extremely long time achieving what most bands simply dream of.
Their first song Coming Home shows you that female drummers are just as good as male. It's dark but pure rock'n'roll with a chorus you can sing along to. The chorus's shound a little repetitive but you don't realise it until the very end of the song due to getting lost in the verses. There's not really much I can say about this song as it wasn't fantastic but their albums speak a lot better for this band then the EP. I extremely reccommend this band to any dark heavy metal fan or even anyone that enjoys rock'n'roll but will say to get the whole album. Turn this EP right up on your CD player as it's the best way to listen to the CD, screw what your neighbours say. If they complain you won't hear the door over the CD anyway! Full blast you get the full effect of Ola on the guitar and the whole song sounds 300% better, having it down low doesn't to it any justice.
Get Your Head Around was a lot better than the first song. It's faster, funkier, better lyrics, drums, guitar and overall a better vibe. This song just makes you want to dance to the dark side. Even without being a gothic band this band can still connect with all music fans as they verge on the edge of all styles. I'm trying to think of a band that has managed to perfectly balance in all genres and honestly I can't think of one except these guys. I could imaging they'd be very good to book for any night of alternative music events and one of the best head line bands to hit the stage.
Run is the third and final track, it's also my favourite of the EP. Dawn has some amazing vocals which really shine through on this song. Most people like to compare singers and bands to already known ones but it's extremely hard to do so with this band. If I had to pick one I would probably compare Dawn to Sandra Nasic from Guano Apes in their more powerful songs, angelic vocals with heavy guitars and a fantastic drum beat. All 3 of the band member's talent on their instruments blend fantastically, Ola's riffs in Run are amazing and I was personally playing along on my air guitar totally distracted from the review I was supposed to be writing! After a few chorus's in comes Sarah with a fantastic mini drum solo, it really does blow you out of your seat. There wasn't much I could say about this song and infact band except wow!
So go on, buy the EP or the album and turn your speakers right up. If your neighbours complain, screw it I bet they were secretly jumping around to the CD as much as you will be!
Label: Unsigned
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| Coming Home, Get Your Head Around, Run |
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http://www.unitingtheelements.com/Shop/shop.htm
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