A
little over a year ago, at the end of 2011 I was in Sheffield to see Tyketto, the scheduled support band
that night had failed to show at the eleventh hour, this ended up to be a
fortunate state of affairs as local band Spill
Sixteen were last minute stand-ins. I say fortunate because until that
night I’d never even heard of Spill sixteen, a year on and I’ve seen the five
piece Sheffield based rock band a few times live and I’m now listening to their
debut album ‘Let It All Hang Out’.
Track
one ‘Doing It Tonight’ opens the
twelve track disc and what a track, it’s old school, a mix of bad Co. and
Blackfoot however Spill sixteen are not just a retro rock band, "South
Yorkshire's answer to Black Stone Cherry" is what MelodicRock.com said about them.
There does seem to be a resurgence of this style of rock, Rival Son’s are making a big impact along those lines at this
moment in time and I see no reason why Spill sixteen shouldn’t also benefit
from this current trend. Track two is ‘On
My Way’ a more upbeat song than track one with a melodic chorus whereas ‘Come With Me’ is a stomp along rock
song which conjures visions of a strutting ‘Jageresque’ singer. Track four ‘So Cruel’ is a 47 second acoustic
guitar instro (intro) to ‘Lovedrunk’
a melodic ballad which does have Black Stone Cherry overtones.
Spill Sixteen are Mewsy (Guitar) JJ
(Guitar) Stevie (Vcals) Indy (Bass) and Dave (Drums) if you get to see this band play live (and you should)
you will marvel at the sound they achieve on stage and you just might recognise
lead guitarist Andrew ‘Mewsy’ Mewse, the former Silverjet guitarist is also a current member of Velvet Star, a busy man indeed. The
sixth song on the album is ‘We Stand
Alone’ it’s a rock anthem, one that Whitesnake would have been proud to
have written. Track seven and eight ‘Damned’
and ‘All the Same’ are a bit
more down and dirty giving front man Stevie a chance to be a bit raunchier with
his vocals. ‘You Make Me Cry’ a
heart felt ballad with piano a compliment is one to get your lighters waving to
and track ten is ‘By You’ a rocky
little number, clap along, shake your tambourine, join in with the ‘gospel
like’ backing vocals, whichever floats your boat really. The penultimate song
on the album is ‘Kick In The Face’ like
most of the songs on this disc it runs at under four minutes, short and sweet. ‘One Way To Go’ is a fine song to bring
Spill sixteen’s debut album to a conclusion, slide guitar, harmonica, tinkling
piano, Hammond organ, sing along lyrics it has it all. Summing up this twelve
track album is well worth £7 of any ones money and you can buy it on line @ http://www.facebook.com/spillsixteenmusic
play it loud and ‘let it all hang out’… GD.
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