{"id":32824,"date":"2012-10-02T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-velvet-star-all-or-nothing-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:27:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:27:11","slug":"album-review-velvet-star-all-or-nothing-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-velvet-star-all-or-nothing-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Velvet Star &#8211; All Or Nothing EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img820\/1705\/velvetstarep.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Yorkshire quintet <strong>Velvet Star <\/strong>have brought their old-school rock infused EP <em>\u2018All Or Nothing\u2019<\/em> to the table. With a heady fusion of old rock n\u2019 roll and grit, this makes for a promising EP.<\/p>\n<p>Opening track <em>\u2018Bring It On\u2019 <\/em>explodes with aggression and fury; they produce grinding riffs and demonic drumming, twisting them together to make for a wonderfully sexy track. <em>\u2018Crash &amp; Burn\u2019 <\/em>exemplifies lead vocalist <em>Danny Jones<\/em> extraordinary and impressive vocal range. He belts out the lyrics with incredible power but knows when to rein himself in too.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>So far, <em>\u2018All Or Nothing\u2019<\/em> has proven just why <strong>Velvet Star<\/strong> have toured with other rock n\u2019 roll groups such as &rsquo;<em>Faster Pussycat,&rsquo; &lsquo;The Treatment&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0&#8216;The Star Rats&rsquo;<\/em> to name but a few. They\u2019re a breath of fresh air in a market that can seem stiflingly boring at times.<\/p>\n<p>They crash into <em>\u2018Glad You\u2019ve Gone\u2019<\/em>, featuring face melting riffs and a monster bassline. And when they end with <em>\u2018Overrated\u2019<\/em>, we\u2019re suitably impressed. The young energy that <strong>Velvet Star<\/strong> possess hasn\u2019t failed them once throughout the duration of the EP; therefore, things can only go up from here.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;All Or Nothing&rsquo;<\/em> EP by <strong>Velvet Star<\/strong> is released on October 29th.<\/p>\n<p>Velvet Star links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velvetstar.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/velvetstarband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/velvetstarband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by\u00a0Jessica Tagliani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yorkshire quintet Velvet Star have brought their old-school rock infused EP \u2018All Or Nothing\u2019 to the table. With a heady fusion of old rock n\u2019 roll and grit, this makes for a promising EP. 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