I first discovered Peterborough based folk punk band A Great
Notion after searching through Aaahh!!! Real Records website and picked up
their two releases basically because they were cheap. After a first listen to
both Fun With Swifts and Possibilities I Knew I had a couple of bargains, A
Great Notion are a phenomenal band. On September 1st they release
their new EP A Little Scared. Here’s a review of it.
A Little Scared starts on with a song named This Isn’t
Kansas. It starts out with a fiddly little guitar riff before the song bursts
into life. The song itself is about not being scared to leave home to follow
your dreams. The rousing chorus of “we’ve got a lot to learn and more to live
for, I know you’re strong enough to fight for what you love so, hold on to your
dreams and don’t let go, I know you’re scared of leaving can’t you see that I
am too” really brings the song home and will inspire massive sing-alongs.
Fantastic start to the EP.
Track two is titled Sleep Well. It’s the fastest song on the
EP and tells a tale about two different lifestyles. The first about someone who
lives their life by the book – good job, nice house and a wife, the second
about somebody who lives their life the way they want to despite it not being “conventional.”
The moral of the tale is that the second person can sleep soundly knowing that
they are they are being themselves and having a clear conscious because of
this. This is a song that will make you think about how you live your own life.
The third song is called 5th February. This
acoustic song is really quite beautiful. It’s a letter to an unborn baby about
how much it will be loved. I am nowhere near good enough with words to really
do it justice by writing about it so I suggest you go check it out yourself.
The final song is Peggle Forever. The full band is back for
this song about two people who were in love and inseparable slowing growing
apart. I love the early analogies “you’re the razor and I’m the wire, you’re the
smoke and I’m the fire.” This is really inventive song writing. The song style reminds
me of Gainesville punk rockers Hot Water Music, with its dual clean and gruff
harmonies. Peggle Forever is a very strong closing song for A Little Strong.
A Little Scared is a great release from a band that will
sadly go underneath a lot of people’s radars. I only discovered them through
dumb luck. All four songs on this release are great and also very different in
their own way. It’s impressive how a band can make such a varied EP. I urge you
to go and check them out, they are an incredible talent.
Stream the album here: http://music.real-records.co.uk/album/a-little-scared-ep
Now listening to Peggle Forever by A Great Notion
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