 The lively city of Fort Worth, Texas, has a musical secret it could keep under wraps for only so long. Virgin Records have stepped in and are set to help share the talents of Green River Ordinance with the wider world, via the medium of debut album ‘Out of My Hands’. Since their formation in 2003, the five some have steadily gone about their business by playing a variety of local shows in Texas before more recently embarking on a nationwide US tour with Collective Souls. The band’s popularity rose yet further after earning rave live reviews from the many lucky enough to catch them. ‘Out of My Hands’ begins with the tracks ‘Outside’ and ‘Come On’, which set the tone nicely for the remainder of the album. The sound produced is exactly what the listener would expect from a band hoping to break into mainstream radio and television; inoffensive, upbeat, and easy on ears. It soon becomes apparent how the band have drawn comparisons with established artists such as the ‘The Fray’ and ‘One Republic’. The vocals of Josh Jenkins are strong if not spectacular, yet the energy he seems to produce keeps Green River Ordinance ticking over nicely. ‘Different (Anything at All)’ replicates the sound Green River Ordinance have mastered quite superbly, the pop-rock guitars compliment the splendidly executed vocals and fitting drumbeat to create an all round well polished record. This is soon followed up by ‘Sleep It Off’ which has all the makings to be a big summer time favourite. The album concludes in just an impressive manner as it began. ‘Getting Older’ displays some more excellent lyrical writing from Jenkins, with the guitars of Joshua Wilkinson and Jamey Ice slotting into the record perfectly. The track also reiterates the fact that every song on the album is extremely listenable; in which Green River Ordinance deserve great credit. The final record is aptly named ‘Endlessly’ which perhaps predictably tells the story of lost love. The repeated lyric of ‘I love that girl’ has the potential to be cringe worthy but the vocally dominated song somehow manages to avoid this. In the short of it, Green River Ordinance has produced an outstanding debut album. The band has cleverly adverted falling into the trap of producing repetitive, bland records as seen a thousand times before with bands from this genre. Green River refuse to follow the norm and their bravery has been duly rewarded. If you’re going to buy just one album this summer, make sure this is it. Track listing – - Outside
- Come On
- Out of My Hands
- On Your Own
- Goodbye L.A
- Different (Anything at All)
- Learning
- Last October
- Sleep It Off
- Getting Older
- Endlessly
Last edited by jack s : April 30, 2009 at 06:31 PM.
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