The Breakdown
Cork indie-rockers The Love Buzz capture a vibrant, fun indie sound that, despite its light and free demeanor, is surprisingly authentic and honest.
From the outset, with the first track ‘Pretty Happy Alone’, the band’s vibrant, guitar-led sound shines brightly as they deliver infectious melodies with tongue-in-cheek, honest lyricism, capturing a fresh vibrancy flavored with a thoughtful edge comparable to early releases by The Strokes. Capturing a sense of energy balanced with cleverly constructed songwriting, the way the single moves from verse to chorus as the drums cut and the guitar progresses through a building chord progression highlights the band’s ability, contrasting against their carefree attitude.
Elsewhere across the 6-track release, ‘Hows Yr Head’ continues the urgent, captivatingly raw vocal delivery atop a simplistic yet effective guitar backdrop, capturing a sound that would be a perfect fit for the soundtrack of a new Tony Hawk’s game, with a punk undertone.
Describing their sound as “scuzz-pop,” the band’s blend of high-energy strummed, fuzzy guitars, boxy drums, and driving bass, combined with earworm vocal melodies, encompasses exactly that – a scuzzy, mucky kind of poppy sound comparable to early 2000s indie as well as elements of alternative-rock and punk.
‘Sing! Sing!’ encompasses a more stadium, anthemic quality compared to the first 3 tracks on the release, while the title track ‘No Different’ boasts one of the best riffs ever – capturing a sense of melancholy and sincerity over boxy strummed acoustics and twinkling lead guitar. Closing with ‘No Different,’ the band ends the EP with a fittingly high-octane, fun romp through strummed guitars, splashing drums, and urgent vocals.
While the EP isn’t groundbreaking in terms of genre or experimentation, the songwriting and delivery from The Love Buzz is faultless. Capturing a true sense of energy and excitement, the bands sound is impossible not to enjoy. Its fresh, vibrant, brilliantly constructed, catchy, and honestly, just brilliant. Its really clear what brilliant musicians The Love Buzz are with some guitar tones to die for and lyricism the is at once heartfelt and relatable but also humorous and instantly repeatable.
A band with limitless potential, I really hope The Love Buzz become bigger than even they had imagined, the deserve it.
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