{"id":69907,"date":"2018-09-26T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=69907"},"modified":"2018-09-26T19:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T18:20:48","slug":"review-the-run-up-good-friends-bad-luck-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-run-up-good-friends-bad-luck-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Run Up &#8211; Good Friends, Bad Luck EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-69941\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-run-up.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bristol punks <strong>The Run Up<\/strong> return with new EP <em>&#8216;Good Friends, Bad Luck<\/em>\u2019, a five-track eulogy to their time on the road promoting last year\u2019s self-titled album. Stylistically, the band hasn\u2019t changed much since their 2014 debut EP; everything here is just so much more assured. Confidently opening with a few fleeting guitar solos, \u2018<em>Good Friends, Bad Luck<\/em>\u2019 sets the stage; it\u2019s an impressive showing of their honed songwriting skills.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the DIY ethos intact, recording took place in a mixture of studios with Ben Turner handling production. It\u2019s worked well, capturing a lively powerful tone, which acts as a counterpoint to the wistful lyrics. Similarly, sound engineer Dave Boothroyd really captures the idiosyncrasies of Harry Holder\u2019s drumming, a keystone to the band\u2019s sound. By never playing quite what you expect, Holder keeps everything fluid, an underpinning to the songs\u2019 direction. Without him, nothing here would be so effective.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"THE RUN UP - &quot;The Upside of Being Down&quot; (official music video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sCHOyZOzFYI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite Laurence Nelson and Charlie Parson&#8217;s bright guitar lines, there\u2019s a real melancholic air to this EP. You\u2019d never call Larry Bernard a good singer with his dirty old punk voice (a smoky, boozy drawl) but he can hold a tune, especially on \u2018<em>Etherial Ghost<\/em>\u2019. His vocal stylings sit on a spectrum between Funeral Shakes and the Star Fucking Hipsters. Not bold, or with powerful hooks, but effective. Combined with the warmer guitar lines on \u2018<em>The Upside of Being Down\u2019,\u00a0<\/em>he even manages to evoke autumn. Backing vocals appear liberally throughout the runtime, adding an almost whimsical air. However, nearly every word on \u2018<em>Captain<\/em>\u2019 is echoed, like a pub full of drunks is trying to sing along. The voices rise when Bernard\u2019s is falling, undermining the sadness he transmits elsewhere. It quickly becomes tiresome, a shame as the song contains some arresting guitar work, only rivalled by the harder licks on highlight \u2018<em>Sick Days<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Run Up<\/strong>&#8216;s work ethic has paid off. &#8216;<em>Good Friends, Bad Luck<\/em>\u2019 works as both a bright punk record and emotional ode.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Good Friends, Bad Luck<\/em>\u2019 EP by <strong>The Run Up<\/strong>\u00a0is released on 28th September on\u00a0<strong>Real Ghost Records<\/strong> and <strong>Uncle M<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Run Up <\/strong>links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therunupuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therunupuk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/therunupuk.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;a bright punk record and emotional ode to their time on the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":69941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2269],"tags":[15933,576,4232,6280],"class_list":["post-69907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-ep-review","tag-good-friends-bad-luck-ep","tag-real-ghost-records","tag-the-run-up","tag-uncle-m-music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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