{"id":31835,"date":"2012-12-13T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T13:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-aurora-fairweather-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:30:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:30:05","slug":"album-review-aurora-fairweather-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-aurora-fairweather-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Aurora – Fairweather EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"I’m always sceptical of Pop-Punk; it can go one of two ways, I either cannot stand it or I tolerate it. Luckily for Massachusetts’ four piece Aurora<\/strong>, this release is pretty decent, it is nothing mind blowing or ground breaking but it has parts which demonstrate a band with a lot of potential.<\/p>\n

The first thing you will notice about this band is singer Sean’s distinctive vocals; they take some getting used to that’s for sure, in some songs they reach a pitch which I personally find uncomfortable in some places however combined with the group vocals in other tracks they work perfectly.<\/p>\n

&amp;lt;a href=“http:\/\/aurorama.bandcamp.com\/album\/fairweather” data-mce-href=“http:\/\/aurorama.bandcamp.com\/album\/fairweather”&amp;gt;Fairweather by Aurora&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt;<\/p>\n

Opening track ‘The North Star Narratives’<\/em> is hands down the strongest track on this release, it mixes together the brilliant vocal harmonies, melodic backing, and frantic punk guitars. It is just everything I want to hear in this offshoot of the punk genre. With an opener oozing so much energy it sets the band up high for a great EP.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the release doesn’t keep up that frantic pace, tracks like ‘Cry Baby’<\/em> take a more mellow tone which is by no means a bad thing, I just wish they had a couple more tracks which swung more in the punk direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The issue of the high pitched voice becomes apparent in the final track ‘Little Traps’,<\/em> it suits the song but it takes some getting used to as a listener, it is however another strong track which brings back that heavier punk influence and a blend of pop hooks and an epic ending which would sound great in a live scenario.<\/p>\n

This EP shows a lot of potential, I love the more punkier influences and a fuller vocal presence but there is not one song which is bad; on the contrary if this is their first release then they have set themselves up for bigger and better things.<\/p>\n

3\/5<\/p>\n

‘Fairweather’<\/em> EP by Aurora<\/strong> is available now as a free download on Bandcamp<\/a> or Mediafire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aurora links: Facebook<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Robert Maddison (@bertmaddison<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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