The Crave-Breaking The Silence-2011-SiRE

Artist: The Crave Title: Breaking The Silence Label: Genre: Rock Bitrate: 263kbit av. Time: 00:50:27 Size: 100.04 mb Rip Date: 2011-06-15 Str Date: 2011-00-00 01. Cooking In The Kitchen 3:13 02. Something Beautiful 3:52 03. Breaking The Silence 3:52 04. Surrender & Retreat 4:06 05. Maverick 3:59 06. Weight Of The World 3:40 07. Spinning Wheel 4:17 08. Truth Hurts 3:39 09. Silently Screaming 4:03 10. Defector 3:37 11. High 3:36 12. All Of You 3:34 13. Mercenary Man 4:59 Release Notes: Saw these guys on tour supporting Lifehouse (who were brilliant). They put on an awesome show, then I met them at the end of the gig, proper nice guys. Picked up a signed copy of their album, which I suggest y'all do. Hailing from Brighton, The Crave are a young rock band with grand ambitions. They have spent the last few years notching up invaluable touring experience throughout Europe and the US. They also have Download, Sonisphere and Rock Am festival dates under their belts and a host of big name support slots. I’d be liar if I wasn’t impressed with their touring résumé so far, but it doesn’t automatically mean they’ll produce a decent album. Fortunately for them and me they have produced a well polished and highly accomplished album in Breaking the Silence. Reading the track listing I was concerned that I was in for 50 mins of whining and bleeding hearts (synical moi?) but I was pleasantly surprised. The Crave demonstrate a clear understanding of their target audience and this album is full of radio friendly rock anthems. The lads are all clearly skilled musicians and the songs themselves are dripping with guitar riffs and vocal hooks of a quality that many more experienced bands struggle to achieve. A lead guitar tone borrowed from Slash is also reassuring and very welcome on the ears. Album opener Cooking in the Kitchen is typical of The Crave’s sound and sits somewhere between Feeder and Velvet Revolver. Something Beautiful reminds me of Mötley Cr?e and KISS with some nice anthemic vocals to engage the audience. Title track Breaking the Silence sounds like the sort of tune used on the soundtrack to an American teen movie. It’s all good stuff. A well produced album, slower, more stripped back tunes Surrender & Retreat and Weight of the World add a nice balance across the 13 tracks. There are also slow burners such as Silently Screaming which really kicks in after a couple of minutes of building. I can imagine this being a great tune to see and hear live. All Of You drops in some more aggressive Mark Tremonti style riffing which I admit makes me sit up and take extra notice but the momentum of that riff doesn’t carry through the song quite the way I would personally like. Given time and the right promotion, there’s no reason that we won’t be seeing and hearing more of The Crave in the future. Their tunes sit nicely in the rock radio category. I can’t see them struggling to pick up lots more fans given the right exposure. If this sounds like your cup of tea, I encourage you to check them out and grab a copy of Breaking the Silence. http://www.thecrave.co.uk/

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