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"With this inspired "Square One", Soho Riot gives us a lesson of hard rock that really deserves to be listened."
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Another album that many people might miss because of a flagrant lack of exposure and promotion. So let's try, at our level, to give it the place it deserves because this "Square One" is an excellent hard rock record, the real one, the one inherited from the 70's which itself plunged its roots in the heart of blues rock. With this first album, Soho Riot reveals itself, like Last Temptation, as one of the best French representatives of the style.
Without surprise, who says excellent album says excellent musicians. In fact, Soho Riot was founded by François Charles Delacoudre, undoubtedly one of the best French bass players who, before being part of the United Guitars galaxy, played with Laura Cox and Julien Bitoun, among others. And inevitably he knew how to surround himself with talented musicians, in particular Maxime Vaugon, excellent guitarist unjustly ignored. The Van Halen-like riff and the flamboyant solo of '90's Memories' are enough to show his undeniable rock feeling.
Where others are content to align titles all more or less from the same mold, Soho Riot tries to navigate between the different periods of hard rock, from the 70's ('Square One') to the 90's and after ('Water Rain'), so much so that the band seems to have digested all the influences of the style, from Whitesnake ('Don't Believe The Screen') and Deep Purple ('Blame It') to Alter Bridge ('Water Rain').
This eclecticism of the compositions is especially made possible by the incredible voice of Edouard Dornier. In a vocal register close to that of Myles Kennedy, in particular on the powerful ballad 'Words Ain't Enough', one of the summits of the album, or on the very melodic 'Got To Know', he is, without question, the main revelation of "Square One".
With his efficient guitar riffs, his dantesque bass lines (the phenomenal 'You're Mine') and his catchy vocal lines, Soho Riot gives a real lesson of musicality to all those who think that hard rock is a dated style that has nothing to bring in 2022. It is obvious that this inspired "Square One" was recorded with a lot of passion and humility. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Don t Believe the Screen 02. Got to Know 03. 90 s Memories 04. Square One 05. Water Rain 06. Human in a Cage 07. Words Ain T Enough 08. Sand Landscape 09. You re Mine 10. Blame It
LINEUP:
Alexandre Shaft: Batterie Édouard Dornier: Chant François C. Delacoudre: Basse Maxime Vaugon: Guitares
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