{"id":69333,"date":"2018-09-06T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=69333"},"modified":"2018-09-06T20:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:21:17","slug":"review-empre-glue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-empre-glue\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: EMP!RE \u2013 Glue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Empire<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been quite a buzz around EMP!RE<\/strong> for what seems like a very long time, and now, six years after their inception, the four-piece are ready to dish out their debut album \u2018Glue\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Having been compared to the likes of rock mammoths Coheed and Cambria and Biffy Clyro, there was a heavy load of pressure on the band to deliver. Yet, it\u2019s clear to hear the band’s similarities to both those gargantuan groups, as their semi-experimental sound is spread sumptuously across ten tracks.<\/p>\n

Thick guitars, blazing riffs and swinging structural shifts show off the band\u2019s desire to step up and do things a little differently. Opener \u2018Colour Of Shame\u2019\u00a0<\/em>is the perfect track to get the record started, and shows off the brash, rhythmic energy that remains constant throughout the album. Elsewhere, the title track along with bruiser \u2018Rewrite\u2019 <\/em>and \u2018Feasts\u2019 <\/em>offers up some of the finest, genre-blurring moments, as chord structures shift rapidly into unexpected new avenues to coat the radio-rock infused choruses with a meaner, heavier streak. \u2018Time Ain\u2019t No Healer\u2019 <\/em>should also be noted for\u00a0carrying one of the biggest punches on the album, with a wickedly hooked-filled gem of a chorus.<\/p>\n