Band: Moose Blood
Release: Moving Home (EP)
Release Date: Out Now
Moose Blood have just released their EP ‘Moving Home’ and after less than a year they’ve already earned support slots with the likes of Palma Voilet, Apologises, I Have None and Sharks alongside airplay from the likes of Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show. The band are made up of former members of Take Courage and Alaska, although they play music which sounds like neither band.
The EP is crammed full of six tracks which contain songs about girls, coffee, knitwear and more pop culture references than is necessary. It’s a very British sounding EP and the perfect soundtrack to the dreary weather in the UK right now where everyone is probably wrapped up in their knitwear drinking coffee. So right on queue lads!
Moose Blood are the perfect combination of indie, pop-punk and post hardcore. ‘My Own Boat’ opens the EP and being a purely instrumental song may be a risk when they only have six tracks to showcase their sound, but in actual fact it is the perfect opening. At just a minute in length it lays ground what to expect throughout with strumming indie fuelled sounding guitars with a raw rock edge to them. The big energy, pop punky rhythms make the track such an easy listen. Moving from this to ‘Evening Coffee’ we are first introduced to the vocals. The vocals are calming and at points haunting. There is certainly a very British edge to the sound, much like a slightly indie version of Canterbury. Which is a fantastic comparison, and they actually live in Canterbury unlike the band themselves!
If you listen closer to the tracks you’ll understand that the lyrics aren’t deep and meaningful nonsense that no one actually understands. They’re about real life. In ‘Evening Coffee’ they sing “I know they’re in the next room/But I’ll turn the music up/‘Cause you’re leaving in the morning/And I’d really just like to fuck”. You can’t get more direct than that!
Title track ‘Moving Home’ has a more chilled out vibe and previously released ‘Bukowski’ has received a reworking and sounds even more phenomenal. There are so many evident influences throughout this EP yet it still sounds so fresh.
The future is bright for this young band so keep your eyes on them before they explode.
8/10
Reviewer: Rhian Westbury
