aaamusic | On 18, Dec 2011

This is the first I’ve heard from This Is Freedom. After catching their debut feature in Kerrang! magazine last week and then having their EP land in my inbox was just a treat. They were destined to be listened to and they certainly hold a lot of potential to make it far. Self released debut EP Welcome Home is the first of hopefully many releases to come.

Opener St. Helena has a lively intro that reassembles that of something found on a bestselling Jimmy Eat World album, with vocals that capture the ears and riffs that the foot tapping and the head bopping.

The entire EP consists of a range of hooking choruses and the infectious Bitter is a prime example of this. The new single chosen from the EP and on the first listen it’s easy to see why. With a slight feel of You Me At Six to the track, it’s chorus is contagious and the entire track is filled with a vibe that certainly wouldn’t leave a crowd still.

Followed into album titled, Welcome Home, where vocalist Jay Scott drives the song on with powerful vocals. Welcome Home is certainly on it’s way to being a stadium song, with a likeness to Foo Fighters in its melodic guitar riffs and steady bass that keeps the rhythm going through the song. With a bridge that builds into a song that can be visualised being screamed by thousands. Very alike to the construction of 30 Seconds To Mars with an edge that could send a listener to another place.

Hurricane starts to draw a close to the EP, giving a feel of American alt. rockers New Found Glory with a slight edge similar to the vocals of Every Avenue frontman Dave Strauchman. It’s a powerful lighters in the air kind of feel that would fill a field at a festival. Accompanied by very simple guitar riffs on the acoustic guitar and interjections of steady drums Hurricane is by far a favourite from the EP.

Finishing the sensational collection of atmospherical anthems destined for big things, is Sticks and Stones. A quicker and catchier song to end the EP with. Again, This is Freedom bite back with infectious choruses, steady but ripping drums from Dan Graham and a guitar riff that could make the most established bands fear this up and coming three piece.

 

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Elly Rewcastle