{"id":9302,"date":"2015-06-17T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-walleater-iii\/"},"modified":"2015-06-17T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:51:35","slug":"album-review-walleater-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-walleater-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Walleater &#8211; I\/II"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/675acd549b69d5072df25aed99bd5f37\/tumblr_inline_nq205iWM6O1t3m09q_540.jpg\" width=\"250\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Leeds based four piece <b>Walleater<\/b> are the first British band to sign to American label Tiny Engines, and to mark their arrival on the label they have put together <i>\u2018I\/II\u2019<\/i>, a compilation of their last self released EP and newer unreleased tracks. <i>\u2018I\u2019<\/i> was released as a self titled EP in 2014 but <i>\u2018II\u2019<\/i> integrates the band&rsquo;s newest work. With <b>Walleater\u2019s<\/b> blend of shoegaze and grunge garnering interest on both sides of the pond it makes a lot of sense to re-release these earlier tracks with the strong backing of a label like Tiny Engines.<\/figure>\n<p>Opening track <i>\u2019Give Into Me\u2019<\/i> is a perfect slice of fuzz pop. A small synth hook battles with a huge wall of noise guitar tone. This track consumes you and pulls you along, the drone like vocals engulfing you into this world of My Bloody Valentine guitars and thumping bass. The broodiness and hints of dissonance show a real 90s influence which <b>Walleater<\/b> seem to pull off easily.<!-- more -->  <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><i>\u2019Just A Boy\u2019<\/i> opens with a slightly less abrasive clean guitar. This allows the unique vocals to shine though. Vocalist Rob Dell has a clever way of using harmonious drones while still sounding really understated and almost disinterested &#8211; each word taking longer than it should. This only enhances the dream like ethereal feel that <b>Walleater<\/b> channel so well.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Glow\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2019What Do You Know\u2019<\/i> bring the \u2018I\u2019 section of this release to a resounding close. These tracks seem a bit lacking of purpose at times, as the chorus soaked guitars wind their way through, perhaps the rhythm section could have helped to move the tracks along a bit more. The latter part of <i>\u2019What Do You Know\u2019<\/i> packs a real punch, distorted power chords do battle with delay and reverb heavy noises which pull the track into the stratosphere, a fitting end to this section of the release.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Swallow You\u2019<\/i> is our first glimpse at what <b>Walleater<\/b> have been up to since 2014. On first listen it appears to take the best bits of all their previous work. Opening with a clean understated guitar a la <i>\u2019Just A Boy\u2019<\/i> before a distorted riff and a great vocal hook. <\/p>\n<p>Dell appears to have partly dropped his drone style and it marks a huge improvement on the overall sound.<i>\u2019Perfect Sin\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2019Hole In My Brain\u2019<\/i> continue in much the same fashion, marking a real conscious change from the band.<\/p>\n<p>The growth of <b>Walleater<\/b> as a band between the first half and second half of this release is startling. They have more than come into their own. The newer songs sound invigorated, faster tempos, bigger hooks and even louder guitars make the \u2018II\u2019 section by far the best four tracks on show here. <i>\u2018I\/II\u2019<\/i> introduces new listeners to the many different sounds that <b>Walleater<\/b> bring to each song, and will provide a solid base for them to build upon in the future of their deal with Tiny Engines.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;I\/II&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Walleater<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Tiny Engines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walleater<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/walleaterbanduk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/walleaterbanduk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/walleater.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Andy McGonigle (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andyjmcg87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@andyjmcg87<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds based four piece Walleater are the first British band to sign to American label Tiny Engines, and to mark their arrival on the label they have put together \u2018I\/II\u2019, a compilation of their last self released EP and newer unreleased tracks. \u2018I\u2019 was released as a self titled EP in 2014 but \u2018II\u2019 integrates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5464,206,5463],"class_list":["post-9302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-i-ii","tag-tiny-engines","tag-walleater"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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