Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Artist Spotlight: Low-Fi & EP Review!

Hey everyone!

It's time for this week's edition of Artist Spotlight! This week, I'm proud to present to you a band out of Naples, Italy called Low-Fi! Low-Fi have been collectively together as a group since 2005, and the group consists of twins Alessandro and Adriano. Alessandro is in charge of vocals, bass, and synthesizers, Adriano also takes care of vocals and mans the guitar, while Marco brings up the rear on drums. The band has a very unique blend of garage rock influences a la The Strokes and occasionally dabble in the electronica genre that makes them stand out from all the others in the music scene today. The band recently released their self-titled EP on Octopus Records and is currently working on their full length debut album which should hopefully be out by the end of the year. And without further ado, here is the review of that EP!:




Coming out of Naples, Italy Low-Fi have made a very strong first impression with their self-titled debut EP. The EP is a daring mix of indie rock and electronica that is bristling with a plethora of unique sounds that you won't hear anywhere else and sounds like nothing you've heard before.

Leading off, we have "Garage Floor", a fast paced, electro rock hybrid that evokes influences of Interpol with a tightly honed, driven sound that never veers off course with its sharp, piercing guitar riffs and Alessandro and Adriano's finely laid out vocals. "No Morning" is a straight forward rocker with echoing guitar riffs and a nice drum pattern from Marco that make this song a real treat. My personal favorite song from the EP is "Something", a fast paced, electro rock hybrid train that takes off right out of the station and never slows down with indelible guitar riffs and Alessandro and Adriano's prominent vocal power taking stranglehold of the song. The last two tracks, "White Lane", a mid tempo rocker that is a bit slower paced than the other tracks, but provides a slower transition into the next song "Wrongness", a  fast paced, indie rock gem that features electric infused guitars and rich, prominent vocals that make this song a great way to wrap up the EP and a good start to a potentially long lasting career.

                                                                                                                                  EP Score: 4/5

Track Listing:

  1. Garage Floor
  2. No Morning
  3. Something
  4. White Lane
  5. Wrongness


For more info about Low-Fi, head on over to their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/lowfiband To become a fan of them on Facebook, jet on over to http://www.facebook.com/lowfiband and if you like what you hear, buy their EP from the Octopus Records website!:  http://www.octopusrecords.net/shop/Home.html

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