aaamusic | On 08, Jul 2012

Springtime Bloom is the debut single from the forthcoming Holy Vessels’ album, Last Orders At The Marshall Arms. It has a very chilled out feel to it, the casually strummed guitar mixed with relaxed vocals and melodic harmonies. Certainly a nice, safe and commercial song. It really has an easy listening quality to it, the piano and strummed guitar taking the listener to lazy late spring days in a grassy field. It’s nice and pretty, sure, but it also feels a bit too safe and doesn’t really stand out too well against other musical acts. It has a soft, folky rock feel which is a pretty common style at the moment and this feels like it needs something a bit special to set it apart among the masses.

★★★★★

Rose Benge