Play 90 second soundbite of 'Valentine' @ 'CD quality'
Eutopia prove that balladic rock aint dead by a long way - their take on the genre fuses all that's good about British rock with great pop sensibility. 'Valentine' is well written and beautifully played. Just occasionally, I get the feeling that the vocalist is trying just a tad too hard and he starts to lose his honesty through over-trying. But, generally Eutopia seem to have it all sorted; certainly, there's some great instrumental work on show here and the guys defo put their hearts into the task in hand. 'Valentine' has a very bright, optimistic feel to it - there's some great guitar phrasing that sits beautifully well within the framework laid down by the tidy rhythm section.
Accompanying 'Valentine' is a pretty smart acoustically biased slow rocker in the form of 'I'm Not Alone' - this shows that Eutopia have great feel for their music - it's not all that easy to make acoustic guitars work in a rock scenario but Eutopia pull it off extremely well. Also included, as a bonus here, is a 'demo' version of the main song; I'm not sure if this one's really needed but I suppose it adds value to the whole package.
Eutopia are but a trio of lads and the 'noise' they make sounds much bigger than you'd expect from a three-piece - Eutopia play with great unity and belief and the future looks pretty damn good for them if 'Valentine' is anything to go by. It's tough out there for melodic rockers at the moment but Eutopia are certainly givin' it some and deserve some success.
'Valentine' by Eutopia is a bloody good piece of work. However, I'm not too sure whether Eutopia are capable of breaking through at the moment - not because they're not good enough, coz they are - it's just that their brand of power-pop isn't really flavour of the month at the moment. That said, Eutopia give a very good account of themselves with 'Valentine' and if they stick with it they might just be lucky to get a leg-up from some helpful radio stations etc. I think Eutopia need top quality promotion to get their name and music out there - I hope they manage it, I really do. Good if not excellent work!!
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