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Yellow Sam - Time To Make A Choice
Hailing from the mean streets of Armagh, hard rock four-piece Yellow Sam claim that their music will "make your heart pound, feet stomp and brain think” (may as well aim high, right?) Whilst not exactly the most forward-thinking proposition the world, the very first song recorded by the band - released late last year - 'Time To Make A Choice – is a blues-tinged slab of classic rock that hints to a very strong future give a little innovation.
Escobar - Cuts & Bruises
A self-professed sonic rock quartet based in Belfast, Escobar have already released two first-rate singles only a few months into their tenure. Comprising facets of several different sub-genres, whilst managing to maintain a strong sense of melody despite aiming for a certain down-tuned heaviness, the band are certain to concoct impressive things over a full-length EP. In the meantime, check out their superb debut track ‘Cuts & Bruises’.
AudioCavalry - Vortex
Taken form their debut EP, titled Rainbow Boy, 'Vortex' by County Down quartet AudioCavalry is my pick of the lot this week. With a sound evoking different aspects of their collective appreciation of Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and U2, the band's so-called "not so normal" brand of indie rock is propelled by forward-moving verses and subtly anthemic choruses. Despite not being as rigorously leftfield as they might think, their is sound is nonetheless a hugely promising taste of things to come.
