Nick’s Picks
Music Reviews by Nick Bassett Shipped directly from New Zealand, EILE’s music reviewer Nick Bassett (also of ChartShaker) has got the latest high-quality music from artists you should be listening to – right now. Click on any of the art work to take you straight to the sound! Scavenger Hunt – Wildfire Wildfire is our first introduction to LA pop outfit Scavenger Hunt but, by gosh, what an introduction it is. The synth-hungry behemoth serves as the title track from the band’s upcoming second EP which will be released to iTunes on 23 June, and it’s a popperfect exercise in unrelenting, feel good audio optimism, propelled by wave after wave of cresting 80s-electronics and lead singer Jill Lamoureux’s unbridled, crystal-clear vocals. At three and a half minutes long, the joyous Wildfire feels like it’s over far too soon but it is pop gems exactly like this that repeat buttons were made for.
Prides – Messiah Prides are set to launch their debut studio album The Way Back Up on 10 July, and the Scottish band will rerelease their 2014 single Messiah as its lead cut on 5 July. This paves the way then for a brand new video from the Glaswegian trio, whose high profile live slot during the closing ceremony for last year’s Commonwealth Games in their home city catapulted them in to the international arena. The newly premiered clip for the electrifying number tracks a young woman bursting into spontaneous choreography as she makes her way through a city’s streets after an encounter with lead singer Stewart Brock, and passing on the uncontrollable urge to dance to anyone she makes contact with on her route. An all-out street rally ensues, which is interspersed with clips of the band performing their equally as infectious, stadium-ready rock number, beneath electric blue lights. 80 EILE Magazine