NeverTheHero - Cars and Girls
Rock, Alt.Rock, Pop
Zwevezele, Belgium
Overall Impression: With its eclectic blend of styles, "Cars and Girls" is an adventurous and daring foray into the more experimental side of the rock genre. Combining an abundance of interesting melodic and harmonic twists and turns with an original sense of style, this is a track that cleverly subverts the listener's expectations, and it's great to hear a band such as NeverTheHero take bold musical risks in order to create something wholly unique and audacious.
Strongest Point(s): There's a fantastic blend of styles on display here, elements of indie, alternative, and even prog have been woven together to create a highly unique sounding track that plays on the listener's expectations brilliantly, every now and again deciding to shake things up by making stark changes to the melody, harmony, or instrumentation, this results in a track that continually keeps listeners firmly on their toes, which can be a powerful songwriting tool when used well. From the indie-inspired opening to the almost gothic-infused prog chorus sections, there is a great amount of contrast throughout the track that helps keep the listener continually invested in the music from start to finish and the push-pull dynamic between a lighter and darker tonality gives the track an undoubtedly mature and thematically diverse quality.
Target Audience Appeal: With its blend of indie, alternative, and pop-rock styles, "Cars and Girls" will appeal to a broad range of music lovers, especially those who like their rock to be musically daring.
Artist target suggestions: The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Swans, Coma System, U2, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Kasabian, Reignwolf, cleopatrick, Dead Poet Society, Band Of Skulls
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About the Reviewer:
Andre Avanessian is a freelance session musician, composer, and sound engineer based in the U.K. Having studied music production and composition at a degree level, he has taken his passion for all things audio-related to a level that has allowed him to become both a competent musician and performer. Being a self-confessed "Guitar Nerd" Andre has been continually studying the guitar, as well as teaching it, helping students both learn the instrument, develop their songwriting, and how to become proficient in home recording.