Edgewater
- South Of Sideways
By samdamonkey
“Everything’s Bigger In Texas,” or so goes
one of the Lonestar State’s numerous mottos. Hailing from the land of ZZ
Top and rapid-fire executions is Edgewater...bigger and badder than most.
Vocalist Matt Moseman (a heavier Ray Liotta
look-alike?) has assembled a deft lineup of musicians with which to perform
quick-draw hard rock mayhem and shoot-em-up song writing.
Running the gamut from raucous to radio-friendly,
Edgewater are tough to pigeonhole based on the material presented here
on “South Of Sideways.” This could be a testament to the quartet’s song-crafting
abilities or simply the sign of a band that haven’t yet found themselves.
Consider this jury hung.
“...Sideways” is a collection of 12 songs,
7 older songs recrafted from their full-length demo “Lifter” along with
5 recently penned stylings. Opening with a heart-stopping “Inhale” and
reminiscent of Cold or Trust Company, Edgewater hit all the appropriate
tempos and outward displays of angst.
The reason Wind-Up signed the band is the
Nickleback-tinged “Eyes Wired Shut” an older Edgewater song reworked and
updated for inclusion here and easily the stand-out track. This is the
big push for them as it additionally introduces the band’s website and
is included on the Wind-Up Records produced “Punisher” soundtrack. A bit
of a triple-dip, but there is nothing tastier on the current Edgewater
menu.
Other standouts include the infectious
“Sweet Suffocation” and the luminous “Story Of...”. Both songs have a hooky
chorus that will have you remembering it after the disc is over.
Wind-up seems to be trying to fill the
Nickelback / Fuel / Three Doors Down slot in their stable of artists and
while some of Edgewater’s vision seems to sustain that notion, their tide
does turn in a decidedly, and maybe forced, harder direction.
A follow up album will illuminate if the
stars at night are, in fact, big and bright in the heart of Texas.
CD Info
Edgewater
- South Of Sideways
Label: Wind-Up
Records
Rating:  
Tracks:
1. Inhale
2. Science Of It All
3. Eyes Wired Shut
4. Neglected
5. Break Me Out
6. Story Of...
7. Tres Quatros
8. Sweet Suffocation
9. One Perfect Something
10. Circles
11. Quitter
12. Lifter |
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