{"id":78526,"date":"2019-04-30T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78526"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:22:51","slug":"review-gloo-stop-and-stare-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-gloo-stop-and-stare-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Gloo &#8211; Stop and Stare EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78527\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-30x30.jpg 30w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Gloo-Stop-and-Stare-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>West Sussex-based punks\u00a0<strong>Gloo\u00a0<\/strong>like making a big noise. With big choruses and plenty of energy, their latest outing, &#8216;<em>Stop and Stare&#8217;<\/em>, has plenty of potential. Yet, like many punk bands before them, they have a flaw of serving something up quite repetitive nature, meaning they<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>fall short of the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Title track, <em>\u2018Stop and Stare\u2019<\/em> is brash and bold, its classic punk style very in-your-face. A simple chorus of\u00a0<em>&#8220;somebody&#8217;s watching me&#8221; <\/em>will draw you in, as will the verses, which are written in the same no-nonsense way. Angsty guitars and the abundance of energy in <em>&#8216;Stop and Stare&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>gets straight to the heart of who\u00a0<strong>Gloo\u00a0<\/strong>are.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I\u2019m Not Gonna Change\u2019<\/em> bursts into being with <strong>Gloo<\/strong>\u2019s now-signature energy. While the repetitive lyrics can feel grating, the defiance within them extends an air of invincibility. A frenzied chorus really grabs the attention, suggesting <strong>Gloo<\/strong> really know how to capture an audience with waning attention.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"GLOO - DRAMA QUEEN\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMx1WKJ4INo?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><em>\u2018Great Idea\u2019<\/em> continues this frenzied theme, throwing in some bouncy beats to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, the lyrics are difficult to discern over the chugging guitars and pounding drums, and the trio\u2019s writing formula seems to be much the same, giving the impression that this song has been heard already.<\/p>\n<p>Offering a slightly more subdued tone, <em>\u2018Bad Sign\u2019<\/em> is cleverly written to tell a story. The guitars have been shaken up to create a tune that feels fresh, and it\u2019s easy to get caught singing along to the catchy chorus. <em>\u2018Drama Queen\u2019<\/em> has much the same effect, with a belter of a chorus that\u2019s sure to create a wonderful sing-along moment when played live. While it isn\u2019t musically ground-breaking, it\u2019s catchy and has an infectious energy about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gloo<\/strong> have proved themselves more than capable of writing some punk-inspired bangers. <em>&#8216;Stop and Stare<\/em>&#8216; sees <strong>Gloo\u00a0<\/strong>sticking to their guns and offering up seven grungy tunes of admirable quality.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Stop and Stare&#8217; <\/em>EP by\u00a0<strong>Gloo\u00a0<\/strong>is out now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gloo\u00a0<\/strong>links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glooband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/glooband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glooband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glooband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Dottie Giles (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DottieG19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DottieG19<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Gloo have proved themselves more than capable of writing some punk-inspired bangers&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":78527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2269],"tags":[16554,15783,5046,16894],"class_list":["post-78526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-ep-review","tag-dottie-giles","tag-ep-reviews","tag-gloo","tag-stop-and-stare-ep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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