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THE AMAZONS – 21st CENTURY FICTION – album review
In their relatively short career thus far, The Amazons have already shown that they are happy doing things their own way. A rock band who in a different generation would’ve been huge, have still managed to make a hell of a dent on their own timeline.
Their self-titled album shot them into the picture of an always challenging landscape of young bands trying to make their mark before ‘Future Dust’ served to solidify their presence in the consciousness of the current music scene. Their third album, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me’ then displayed their ambition and willingness to experiment.
One criticism that you could throw at their last album though was perhaps a lack of truly anthemic standouts. That however is rectified delightfully on their new fourth album, ‘21st Century Fiction’!
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This new collection is the best of everything The Amazons have shown that they can deliver. Those arena rock anthems are back, but their penchant for the epic and more grandiose also hits it pinnacle.
From the gradual build of the opening number ‘Living A Lie’, all the way through to the big finale of ‘Go All The Way’, this is a highly ambitious piece of artist expression which is more of an experience for listeners than a mere album.
The band have been brave but clever with both their songwriting and their album craft and the results are pretty stunning. It’s always a risk for a band to take something of a punt on themselves, but you can tell that The Amazons have poured their passionate selves into this record and the outcome is their best collection to date!
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Our weekly music News Report has evolved into the Full Pelt Magazine, and you can download the third issue now for free!
Volume three includes an update from cover star Chris Shiflett, and a review of ‘Race the Night’ from Ash.
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THE AMAZONS – HOW WILL I KNOW IF HEAVEN WILL FIND ME? – ALBUM REVIEW
Reading rockers The Amazons are back with their third album, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’.
The band burst onto the scene with their 2017 self-titled debut and quickly established themselves as one of the hottest young rock bands in the country. Follow up ‘Future Dust’ was far from a flop, but probably didn’t build on their momentum as well as they’d have hoped. It will be interesting then to see how ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’ fares and what impact it will have, if any, on the group’s career trajectory.
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Making their name for out all arena rock anthems, this new record follows a path hinted at on its predecessor with a more melodic sound. Sombre and delicate, the harder side of the band only makes rare appearances as they explore their softer capabilities.
Whilst there will certainly be some fans slightly alienated by this, there will be many more that will welcome this change of pace; after all the band have successfully shown this side in past.
When we look beyond the aesthetics of the album, blinker ourselves from their past output and focus solely on the eleven tracks that make up ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’, then we are looking are a superb record. A delicately crafted collection of melancholic glory!
Yes, The Amazons may be evolving before our eyes, but they are also proving themselves to be the future superstars that their debut album promised.
When we caught The Amazons supporting Royal Blood in arenas recently, we speculated that they would soon be headlining such venues themselves. With this album the band have ensured that trajectory remains.
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Read our review of The Amazons live in London with Royal Blood