Samurai's Debut EP: The Truth, The Trust, The Love

When I first saw Samurai live I instantly drew on Thrice as a great post-hardcore comparison, Poison the Well is another, both of these are quite apparent on “The Truth, The Trust, The Love”.

If you’ve ever attended a Samurai gig then you can be forgiven for thinking the stage was hot or perhaps electrified; they’re charged with a surprisingly fierce energy. Having seen Samurai live a couple of times now I’ll say they stay true to their promise of “crushing riffs, massive melodies and a 3-pronged vocal attack”.

Samurai list Killswitch Engage and AlexisonFire as inspirations for their hard-hitting sound and describe themselves as “a raucous blend of metal, hardcore, and alt-rock”.

“The Truth, The Trust, The Love” is a 4 track, unprovoked attack on the senses; a careful balance of tender melodies and Israeli-style aggression.

1. Laying Here Waiting For The Lights To Take Me
2. I Get My Strength By Fighting For The Right Reasons
3. All I Know Is The Extent of Everything I Don’t
4. Now All We Need Is A Deck of Cards

I’d have to say All I Know Is The Extent of Everything I Don’t is my favourite with Now All We Need Is A Deck of Cards a close second.

Samurai will be giving away free copies of the “The Truth, The Trust, The Love” with tickets to their next show, the first in support of their debut release at The Haunt in Brighton on July 6th.

Find out more about Samuraion their Facebook Page or download their EP yourself at http://samurai.bandcamp.com/

Eleven Year Switch

Eleven Year Switch belted out some eye-blistering tracks, their numerous warm-ups were more than worth it, they achieved a great sound, in the end

This week I particularlly liked their song Von Goosewing (isn’t that the goose bloke from Count Duckula?).

My mate Wayne’s new band Samurai also hit the spot at this relaxed Sunday night venue. Their final song All We Need Now Is A Deck of Cards was devastatingly heavy, but also hilarious as the band formed an onstage moshpit whilst playing.

Both bands have played several gigs elsewhere this month, but seem to be firm audience favourites at Laser Hub! The crowd seem to love the “antics” and charisma of both Samurai and Eleven Year Switch; mistakes and innovations alike were met with rapturous applause.

I also loved a really great band that opened the night called Puppet Kings, they’re from Guildford, Crawley, Brighton… allover really. They were covered in awesome sauce.

I’m also astounded to be able to tell you that WHEATUS (like, THE WHEATUS!) are playing at Laser Hub on Wed Jun 06 2012 at 06:00 pm. Tickets are £12, selling out fast from Laser Hub. Might be worth a laugh if you wanna toss them £12 worth of crack money.