Sunday 10 January 2016

Casual Agenda - The One (Single Review)

Casual Agenda are a trio indie rock band from the Brownhills, West Midlands. The trio consists of; lead vocalist and guitarist - Peter Roper (Pedro), Joe Service on bass and Dan Bott on the drums. The band have recently released a new single on the 20th of November 2015 called 'The One' - the single is available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes and Amazon and if you would like to give this song a listen, then the links will be posted at the end of my review.

The track opens with a punchy introduction and speeds up as soon as the drums intervene, shortly accompanied by the vocals. Immediately they create the contagious chorus line of;

"Is this the one?"

This line is repeated throughout the track which makes the song catchy almost instantly. The bassist; Joe Service also does the backing vocals for the band, and that increases the tension of the song; as towards the end, all of the instruments mellow down which creates an eery atmosphere and you hear Service quietly sing the chorus line with very quiet instruments accompanying his voice. Therefore this proves to be very effective within the song as it creates a build-up of tension which I think a lot of indie rock songs need.

In conclusion, I like this track due to the contagiousness of the lyrics and the beat, however I do think that it lacks creativity. On the other hand I am yet to listen to any of their previous work, as this may be a contrast song when compared to their other tracks. All three of the musicians are extremely talented and when put together, they do collaborate really well with eachother. The drums stood out for me the most within this song as they seemed to lead the track.. Moving forward, it is difficult to create a catchy song with a lot of meaning to it and if Casual Agenda have captured that in their previous work then to that they shall owe their success. I would recommend giving them a listen as I think that they do have a lot of potential, and have the chance to make it big! All the best for your future endeavours lads, keep up the good work! Onwards and upwards!

Youtube : http://youtu.be/jYCSMpo3rQA


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