{"id":28737,"date":"2013-05-28T16:44:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-lower-lands-canvas-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:17:24","slug":"album-review-lower-lands-canvas-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-lower-lands-canvas-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Lower Lands – Canvas EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lower Lands<\/strong> are quickly making a name for themselves in the UK alt-rock scene and their second EP, ‘Canvas’<\/em>, is likely to gain them a number of new fans. They\u2019re Lincolnshire\u2019s answer to bands such as Scholars, Mallory Knox and Deaf Havana, and I Am Mighty Records are releasing it as a free download on June 10th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The title track opens with a heavy bass line followed by some huge guitar riffs and you hear a lot you instantly like in Lower Lands<\/strong>. Vocalist Benji Inkley rips into tracks with all the swagger and confidence you\u2019d expect from a band on the up too. This is no more evident than on the leading single, \u2018Eat The Rich,\u2019<\/em>\u00a0which you can imagine gracing the side stages of a number of festivals this Summer.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s a good start to the EP but from there it doesn\u2019t kick on and really grab my attention. There\u2019s nothing overly euphoric or catchy in the vocal melodies, and very few moments which made me consider skipping back and listening to again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2018Line Check\u2019<\/em> highlights this point perfectly \u2013 the bridge in particular doesn\u2019t change the focus of the track as well as it could. I love to hear bands that really capture the audience and have them belt the tracks back to them, both live and on record, and I don\u2019t hear that on this EP.\u00a0 <\/span>Perhaps this does a disservice to some of the colossal moments in closing track \u2018Parasite\u2019<\/em> though.<\/span><\/p>\n

With solid support slots, great recent press and a chance at opening Download Festival ahead of them \u2013 Lower Lands<\/strong> are very much on the right path. This five track EP is a real statement of intent but at this stage they\u2019re not yet the finished article.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Canvas’<\/em>\u00a0EP by Lower Lands <\/strong>is out 10th June on I Am Mighty Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lower Lands<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Tom Beck (@HeyMercedes<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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