SheBangg

Demo - Take My Hand

Play 90 second soundbite of 'Pointless' @ 'CD quality'

This demo was entered into the 2006 Toxic Pete / ffg Studios Demo Competition

Shropshire based four piece SheBangg deliver their own tilt on 'melodic power pop' (their words - not mine!) with this four track demo, 'Take My Hand'. After just one listen I could sort of see why they've opted for the rather open tag of 'power pop' because these babes certainly throw together several styles to come up with a very pleasing mix that reaches out and beckons with a warmth and sincerity that gets inside of you. I'd agree with 'melodic' wholeheartedly - I'd also agree with 'power' 'cause this stuff is full of emotional performances and clever writing. I'm not so sure that I'd agree with 'pop' though; this far exceeds any 'pop' expectations - it's mature, it's not just music for the now. SheBangg have a more permanent feel to them; their music is no way 'pop', it's much, much better than that!

The beautifully expressioned voice of Chrissii Wing tears down the walls as she belts out an effortless array of superb vocals that drift in and out of the Alanis Morissette stylee, hint at Janis Joplin's 'balls' and often cross into the better side country emotion. She's awesome! Wing is stunningly supported by multi-instrumentalist Tim Barratt and driven on by the tight rhythm aces of Mick Keefe (bass) and Leyton Burgess (drums & percussion) and SheBangg show here that they've got an awful lot to offer. This is an exciting find! The four tracks manage to give an in-depth introduction to SheBangg and as 'Take My Hand', 'If Heaven Had No Angels', 'Only dancing' and 'Pointless' ease themselves unnervingly from the laser and gently but contagiously drill themselves home, they leave pock marks on the skin as the infection takes hold. Commercial? I'm not sure! But exciting and fresh - certainly!

'Take My Hand' is essentially a simply constructed, slightly Americanesque, well thought out and hard hitting piece of work. SheBangg leave absolutely no doubt that they can mix it up and show here that they have the potential to make a very big mark.

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