Blues - Heavy Sci-Fi

Blues is a band I stumbled across very recently by mostly mistake, and I found that they were offering an EP for free to download and figured I would take advantage of that. Blues' history consists of two other EP's released last year, one on Corrosive Recordings and another on Rome Plow Records. 'Heavy Sci-Fi' is a self-released free EP because as they put it, 'music is meant to be heard', and I couldn't agree more.

Blues has a very interesting sound, it's kind of experimental post-hardcore sounding music with some more traditional twists thrown in and it works together pretty well. Vocals bounce between standard screaming, singing, and a kind of wail similar to something like The Blood Brothers except more tolerable.

The music itself is kind of ambient droning rock with some cool synths and electonica stuff mixed with a brand of hardcore akin to bands like Botch and Coalesce. It's really well put together, the song writing is pretty good throughout 'Heavy Sci-Fi's' 6 tracks with it being a pretty compelling listen. 'Warring Quotients' is my favorite track here, it's got a great kind of quirky sounding lead with vocals not afraid to follow. 'Space Between Spaces' is a very lonely sounding short synthy instrumental piece that reminds me of the sountrack for the game Metroid Prime (really great soundtrack). All six tracks here are very good, those stick out the most to me however.

I wasn't really expecting the quality to be that great on this, as it is free, but the recording quality of this is pretty fantastic. It's very clear sounding and there is a lot of range, and I especially love the bass tone on this record. It really makes sure that the bass isn't lost in this mix (which happens to far too many bands these days) and I really think it gives the whole recording a boost.

Overall, this is a great EP. Because it's free, it's THAT much better too. I think everyone should check it out for that reason, support bands who are down with doing stuff like this and get into a band that obviously works hard and knows how to write good music.

Blues on MySpace [download link there]
Corrosive Recordings
Rome Plow Records