In case you missed it, Apathy Avenue – a 5-piece Alt-Rock band from South Wales – released their EP One More Day on 28^th June. They’ve treated us to 5 tracks and boy, is it a wild ride. It opens with the title track One More Day, featuring Dom Haven and Joe Lovett (A Night Like This) and Steve Goode (Foxbite). The song starts with a slight country twang on the vocals which reminded me of Bon Jovi (check out my review of them live at Wembley Stadium). It then leads more into Linkin Park vibes once the rapping starts, along with the numerous voices singing the chorus – you could also think We Are The Ocean if they had had a rapper. The opening of the song is completely different to the last two minutes – so much so that I thought it was two songs when I first listened – yet somehow it works as one incredible 5:16 long track and wow. What a way to open the EP.

Apocalypse is the second track and features both heavy guitars and drums. This track is clearly more on their Alt-Rock side than their Hip-Hop side. The vocals in this song start straight away but when they’re this good, why wait? It also features a really great instrumental section where everyone gets to show off their incredible skills. The ending on the song could also easily be moshed to when performed live. My Ending then gives us the chilled pop-punk acoustic sound that an EP needs whilst simultaneously giving us “all the feels” as, well, all of us would have said back in the day… and guys, THE TRACK. HAS. STRINGS. In case you didn’t know, give me a song with a string section and I will fall in love instantly. I don’t know what it is about them but they have the ability to add a whole other dimension to a song, particularly a song of this genre. Next up we have Carbon Copies and if this doesn’t become the theme tune to the next James Bond movie, I’ll eat my own hat. Okay, I won’t but I will be very disappointed. From the get go, I knew that that’s what this track was destined to be. And not only that but it also has audience involvement included. You just know that those backing vocals playing call and response to the vocalist on the chorus were made for this song to be performed live. This one is definitely a crowd pleaser and I already love it. The EP then ends with Sociopath which has an incredibly slow and chilled-out start until bam! 2 minutes in and they’re hitting you with their heavy instruments. What an incredible way to end it.

Now, I won’t lie, I definitely favoured the singing to the rapping on some tracks (Sociopath in particular) however having said this, I cannot wait to see this EP performed live. Boys, please make your way to London soon.