Limerick Review Guide
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Connected Magazine
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Connected Magazine are feeling vindicated
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Drop D Review of “Corners First, Middle Later”
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
The online music e-zine Drop D wrote a review of the single “Corners first, Middle Later”….head on over and have a read.
IndieLaunchpad - Ground Floor E.P Review
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Rating : 8.5 out of 10
Discovered via mySpace, this artist really made me sit up and take stock, as it was something a little different and that is always a good thing, in a music scene that can sometimes feel a little stale.
The opening track on this four track EP, “Boxes Burning” opens with a wonderful layered, vocal canon, providing the sound bed for most of the track. In fact it has the feel of an acapella track, with just the merest foray into a more traditional rock sound.
This style continues into the next track “Running Start” and it’s here that you can hear the vaguest hint of a lilting Irish accent, of the brains behind Flinders, Philip Flynn.
“Kicking an Open Door” takes a more acoustic turn, at the beginning at least and provides an interesting alternate face to the Flinders sound. I love the guitar and vocal mix, which starts very light and mellow, but builds into a much darker, more forceful sound, with the light guitar sound, continuing underneath.
The final track “Mean Man (Three Words)”, is probably my least favorite track on the EP. Again another side of Flinders shows itself, but here, there’s an almost Led Zepplin feel to the vocals, which was a bit of a turn off for me, but that’s music for you. It’s all horses for courses.
Conclusion : Something a little different, but very memorable. I’m really looking forward to hearing a Flinders album in the future, especially if the earlier musical styles are prevalent. Great stuff.
Music Review.com - Ground Floor E.P
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Philip Flynn has put together this awesome ep with some fantastic vocals and constructed melodies.
The first track on the ep is “Boxes Burning”. This is cool the way Philip lays down the vocals, overlapping them as you would with a instrument (well a vocal is an instrument) and its used to its peak here. The only thing on this song was when the heavy guitar kicks in, maybe a softer guitar with a clean sound, but this is a good track.
“Running Start” - here Philip uses the same concept as the first track only with a more blues feel in his vocal with a cool grooving bassline in the background.
“Kicking an Open Door” - this tune has nice soft approach with some nice melodies on the guitar, the vocals hangs nice in this song with a real ambient feel to them.
“Mean Man (three words)” - this tune kind of sounds like an Robert Plant in his Zepplin acoustic vibe, but in a good way with some nice phrasing on the guitar and the vocals sounding superb, this is very well mixed tune excellent stuff.
review by T.Halpin
EP RATE: ****** ROCK STAR
