Release
date: November 2015. Label: Self Released. Format: DD
Feel
Bad Hits Of The Winter – Tracklisting
1.Feel
Bad (Hit Of The Winter)
2.Hive
Minds
3.Vampyres
4.Jam
Room (Full Version)
Band
Members:
Jon.
Ron. Gareth.
Review:
UK
Scuzz/Grunge/Sludge/Stoner Rockers – WOMEN – return with a new EP
– Feel Bad Hits Of The Winter. Yeah I wonder which band influenced
them for that title. Don’t worry; this isn’t some second rate
QOTSA clone. WOMEN are a finely tuned Sludge/Stoner Rock combo with a
few tricks of their own in the riffs department. A couple of the
tracks on the EP – Feel Bad (Hit Of The Winter) and Hive Minds –
have been streaming already on BandCamp for a few weeks and I’ve
promoted on the Facebook Page recently. Now it’s good to see that
WOMEN have a proper EP with two extra songs but more about them
later.
First
track – Feel Bad (Hit Of The Winter) – a low-down, dirty
Sludge/Stoner Metal song that packs quite a punch with melodic riffs
and a fully confident groove. The vocals are what you expect from a
band such as WOMEN. Grizzled, angry and one that has shades of
Mastodon at times. The FUZZ is there for everyone to feel and listen
as the mood can be very psychedelic with a ton of fast-paced riffs.
Second
track – Hive Minds – opens with a grunge based riff before the
band return to their heavier Sludge/Stoner Metal ways. The vocals
drift from clean based chants to sludge based growls and it’s quite
a contrast especially when they’re mixed with the grunge based
doomy riffs. It shows you how inventive and demonic the band actually
is. One of the standout songs on the EP.
Third
track – Vampyres – sees WOMEN opt for a more Red-Fang approach to
their music especially where the riffs are concerned. The vocals have
a snarling Punk Rock vibe but it’s the heavy sludge/stoner riffs
that holds your attention as the band play at such at a fast pace.
It’s hard to keep up at times. It’s quite a bass heavy affair as
WOMEN experiment with their sound yet again. I’m not complaining as
its good to see WOMEN explore different sounds on the EP.
Finally,
WOMEN offer one final epic almost 13 minute track – Jam Room (Full
Version) – a song that takes a while to get going as the production
is very lo-fi as the sound drifts from great to not so good. I feel
this song is just here to make up the numbers but it is a great song
to listen to. I hope the guys record a new version of this song and
perhaps cut 5 mins from it as there is a fantastic song waiting to
be discovered here. It’s purely an instrumental jam based song with
epic guitar solos and impressive drumming through out.
Feel
Bad Hits Of The Winter is an excellent EP and it shows that WOMEN are
definitely a band to look out for. Hopefully the next full length
record won’t be too far behind.
Thanks
to WOMEN for the promo. Feel Bad Hits Of The Winter will be available
to buy soon.
Words
by Steve Howe
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