Allison Coffey, Charger Staff
With so many new bands coming out this year alone, there really isn’t
one who sticks out. With a few of my friends telling me over and over again
that I need to listen to The Vines because I would just “love them,”
I succumbed to their demands and downloaded the Australian band’s first
single, “Get Free.” Much to my surprise, I liked it and found a new
favorite band.
By going to the band’s web site, I was surprised to learn that they used
to be a Nirvana cover band, Nirvana being my favorite band of all time.
After waiting a few weeks for the release of their debut album, Highly Evolved,
and listening to the CD for the first time, you can here that singer, Craig
Nicholls, voice has a Kurt Cobain-influenced sound.
Along with Nicholls are Patrick Matthews on bass, Ryan Griffths on acoustic
guitar and Hamish Rosser on drums. All seem perfect together, another quality
lost in a lot of recent bands. Although they are not as hard nor as angst-driven
as Nirvana, all songs are a nice listen.
With songs to call my own (“Highly Evolved” and “Autumn Shade”) and nice, catchy lyrics, The Vines can overlap many of the music genres, each song having something that ever person can like. For example, The Vines are liked by my “heavy metal” friends as with my more “poppy” friends. Not many bands are able to do that.
Home | Archives | More Sept. 02 articles
Article prepared for web by J. Wheeler 6-Sept-2002