REVIEW: DEAD REYNOLDS – FRONTIER (2020)

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Dead Reynolds hail from East Anglia.

I mention that at the start of the review because its more of a headline than it might be. Other than Bad Touch and Anti Nowhere League, I can’t think of many bands from over that way (Gizz Butt of Janus Stark is from Peterborough but I don’t think I can stretch that far).

Dead Reynolds sound like neither of them, as it goes, but such is the sound on their second EP, then the time is coming where they are going to make their own waves.

Their debut EP was good enough to see them tour with Deaf Havana and you can see why that happened, because they are a natural fit.

Right from “By Your Side” the opener here, there’s a confidence about the five piece, but its more. It’s like a total faith in their craft.

Modern rock – with thankfully none of the grunting that many bands of this ilk do – the choruses soar. A little like Deaf Havana, yes, but a pinch of Jimmy Eat World too.

“PS (I Loathe You)” repeats the dose, with harmonies to kill for as Callum Waterfield and Dominic Greenwood (who is also one of the guitarists) trade in the most interesting way. “Bright Lights” is a little slower, not quite a ballad (you somehow don’t feel DR are a ballad type band) and when it builds towards the end, it does so with real menace.

As so often with bands with a second guitarist – Luke Reid is the other one here – there is a heavier intent. So it is that “Lines”, although not metal, has more of a clenched fist than many of their contemporaries.

“Save Your Yesterdays” sings Waterfield here, and it sounds like he’s telling himself as much as anyone else. This is their time. Dead Reynolds are heading for a brave new “Frontier” and it sounds like they will take some stopping on this evidence.

Rating 8.5/10

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