modernistic delivery combined with rather retro rhythm & blues undercurrents means The Antix sound unlike most indie bands they're likely to come up against.
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modernistic delivery combined with rather retro rhythm & blues undercurrents means The Antix sound unlike most indie bands they're likely to come up against.
Thumpin', walkin' drums and throbbin' descriptive bass provide the solid and impressive backdrop for the two guitars work off and embellish singularly or in unison. The two guitar attack of The Antix ensures a solid rock sound that's just held back enough to allow the gritty vocals of Grace Bickerton to work their dusky magic. It's a rugged and fluid sound that harks back to the early 60's but sounds equally at home in the 00's. Bickerton has an occasional 'catch' in her vocal delivery that adds clout to her impressive range and assault - she sounds older than her years - but there again the whole band do too!
The Antix play with fire in their bellies and their hearts on their sleeves - the sound is as honest as the day is long and as workmanlike as it gets and it's all delivered here with a great 'live' feel to it. The Antix display great unity and appear to show respect for each other's role in the whole, hence the dynamics are often brash but generally bright and certainly on the nail. It's a full sound but never over-cooked or confused!
The Antix's vibrant take on indie rock is informed and educated but youthful and exciting and it all comes together to form a powerful and invigorating display of competency and forward thinking. 'Dare I' and its partners in rock'n'roll crime, 'The Cat' and 'Never Know' by the energetic and ballsy The Antix is a great forerunner of even greater things to come, of that there's no doubt; The Antix sound like a band on a mission that aint gonna be held back by lack of commitment or skill. Interesting work this from The Antix - not actually retro but certainly built from a good solid grounding in rock music as it used to be but with one eye firmly fixed on the future.
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