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Baby Monster

by Recluse

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1.
Come On Over 04:08
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2.
Back In The Ground Again 03:46
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3.
Lover 04:22
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4.
Stranger 03:14
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5.
Blue Room 04:16
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Recorded at Musicbox Studios in Cardiff one rainy day In March 2009. Contains a couple of staple live set tracks - crowd pleasers some people say :)

Reviews

www.roomthirteen.com 10 out of 13

Let me introduce you to Cardiff-based trio Recluse, made up of vocalist and guitarist Britt Roberts, bassist Tom Stephenson and drummer Alex Davies. ‘Baby Monster’ is the band’s debut EP.

Packed full of dark, intriguing tracks, the band make you sit up and take notice straightaway with great guitar riffs throughout opening track ‘Come on Over’. Second track ‘Back in the Ground Again’ is a raw, no-nonsense rock song whilst ‘Lover’ is slightly softer but still retains the band's signature rough edging. Vocalist Britt Roberts’ voice is soft yet gritty with a powerful raw quality which is particularly sexy in this track! ‘Stranger’ has a very attractive bluesy quality which makes it stand out from the other tracks. The final track, ‘Blue Room’, ends the EP on a high; an entirely instrumental track that shows the world just how talented these guys are!

Recluse cannot be placed in the same box as your average indie band, for a start, they are not as mind-numbingly boring as the majority of mass-produced indie bands doing the rounds at present; in fact, I’d go as far as to say that, given time, they could do for indie what Black Sabbath did for metal - watch this space!

Sian Smith


Gig Reviewer 'Baby Monster' A pleasure indeed..... a fantastic work of music

The EP opens with 'Come On Over', featuring a hard hitting drum beat before the catchy, yet puncy, guitar riff pushes its way through the barricades. As the riff flows and changes, the smooth, yet grungy, vocals interrupt to bring a fantastic start to the 5 tracks you are ready to hear.

The mood changes as the Baby Monster EP works its way through to the next track, 'Back In The Ground Again'. This has a softer opening to the song, but gets heavier as it progresses.

A few harmonic hits, followed by yet more classic riffs bring you on to 'Lover', the third track, and you start to get a feel for the bands talents of working with different moods. This is full of harmonising guitar, bass and vocal patterns. The bass has a very nice part to play during the chorus of this song and really brings him out of his shell.

The EP is full of fast, rythmic guitar patterns and solos that punch through your head and stick around. The pure meat and noise produced from these three guys are so strong that once they've peirced your head (and ear drums) you can almost feel your mind bleed... it's great!

'Stranger' has an awesome opening also and makes the EP flow into some new realms, still keeping up that ultimate feel that this EP produces. This is no change when we approach the final song on the EP, 'Blue Room'.

This last track does make a change, as we sit back and listen to all the raw musical talent to everyone as they play there four minute instrumental track, filled with different lines of speed and catchiness before it runs out to a nice solid end that makes you want to hear more.

Gary Smith - Photographer, Editor, Writer for GigReviewer.com


Plugged In Magazine, Issue 9

Recluse make very likeable music, something you can pick up and listen to without getting confused. It’s straight up rock ’n’ roll, whilst offering more than its fair share of ‘wow’ and ‘oh yes’ factor moments. “We’re all into late 70s to early 90s rock which is quite balls out. It’s not laden with effects, and it’s something which is straightforward and good to listen to.” Current EP, Baby Monster, offers musical growls and scowls with vigour and venom, whilst laying the smack down with some monster riffs. It’s layered with great musicianship and determined grungy bounce throughout that shows a lot of character and style. “We used to play a lot of pop-rock stuff, but we just kept getting heavier and heavier and most of the older ones just don’t work any more.”

Set opener Come On Over and Back In The Ground Again offer a raucous and racy ride of raw power, and Britt’s gritty vocals are spot on. Lover is a cool and bouncy track with an awesome dirty and grungy riff to intro, before distorted bass kicks in. A new EP out sometime soon will introduce more kicks and slides as new track Passing Cars finds more depth as the cool and flavoursome lead guitar dances between the bounce and determination of the drum and bass.

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released May 1, 2009

Recluse are:
Britt - Vocals & Guitar
Tom Stephenson - Bass
Alex Davies - Drums

All lyrics written by Britt

All music by Recluse

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Recluse balance heaviness with melody to provide a carefully crafted journey.

For fans of grunge, desert, stoner and alternative rock, drawing comparisons to Kyuss, Soundgarden, Elder, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Elephant Tree and Stoned Jesus.

Recluse have released 3 highly praised studio albums ... more

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