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The Howling Tides are made up of Rob Baynes (lead vocals/guitar), Hayden Kirk (guitar/backing vocals), Adam Brewell (bass/backing vocals) and Steven ‘Herbie’ Herbert (drums). They’ve built their reputation and momentum with a series of releases and festival appearances at Steelhouse, Planet Rockstock, Rock and Blues and Bloodstock.
As for this new EP, the Howling Tides commented “As a band, we really feel that our new EP is the next exciting step in our journey and will help make the statement we really want to make.We feel it’s important to always build on what we’ve done, and because our ethos is to always be comfortable pushing boundaries, we really feel that our newest music is building on the sounds and vibe of our first EP and is pushing it skyward in terms of writing and musicianship. We don’t really want to be the kind of band that just keeps delivering the same song with different lyrics, we feel we have much more to offer…and this is just the start.”
‘Thalia’ and ‘Cut Your Loses’ certainly serve up enjoyable hard rock. Loving the percussion and guitars on ‘Thalia’, which undertsandbly has been released ahead of the EP.
The band hit their stride on the slower ‘Fortune Never Favoured Me’, complete with a rather tasty guitar solo. The EP’s title track has a Sabbath/stoner feel to it, something a bit different from the rest of the EP.
With the Answer back in action next year perhaps we will see a resurgance in interest in classy, blues based hard rock and the Howling Tides certainly deserve to be at the front of any revival. Confident, assured and most of all, stands up to repeated plays, the Howling Tides have found their mojo. ****
Review by Jason Ritchie
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