LoudLove - 7 Days To Shine

Ottawa’s Loudlove release Seven Days To Shine is an album that everybody can listen to and love. Upbeat Reggae Rock is all that I need to say that describes every song off of Seven Days To Shine. There isn’t one song off the album that you will not enjoy, and that is something that I find is usually very hard to say. But in this case I didn’t really have to give it much thought.

If you have a listen to their album and love it which I promise you will, your next step is to see Loudlove play live. The vibe alone that they give off should be enough to get you to the bar, but their music live is something else.

The members of Loudlove are Peter Mackenzie Hammond on Lead vocals and Guitars, Emile Leitch on Keys and backup vocals, Dan Loach Drums, Hans Levac on Bass and Vocals, and Sean Hendy on Guitar.

“Perfect” starts off Seven Days To Shine, and right from the first note you will be hooked into the song and into their sound. The opening riff has a strong rock presence which it is also pretty catchy. When the Keys kick in that is when the song really takes off. Loudlove vocals are also a strong selling feature to the band. The vocals really gives the song its character and its sound. After hearing the band live the vocals were right on with how they sounded on the album. Now I tried singing along but I can’t even come close to the vocals, and I imagine if Peter heard me try to cover him I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be to impressed. Anyways back to the music, what stands out besides the vocals in the song is how Loudlove adds such a high rock element to the song but doesn’t overdue it and takes away from the reggae aspect of their music. There is a nice “shredding” solo in the song but it is not over embellished and works very well within the song. “Perfect” finishes off nicely with the keys slowly drifting off.

Loudlove doesn’t give you a chance to get away from their album as “In the Morning” kicks off and you get another excellent sounding intro which hooks you into the song. I still remember this song being played live, I’m pretty sure this was one of the songs that was played first after they started their new set and it caught everybody’s attention right away. What really works for me in this song is how the drums, guitars, keys, and vocals play and a note then pause, note then pause, It happens a couple of times throughout the song, I found you find yourself waiting for this to happen in the song. I also like how the song comes to a sudden stop instead of a slow ending.

“Lonely” has a more of a softer edge to it. Peter changes his vocals just a little bit which follows the vibe of the song nicely. This is one of the songs where the Keys play a large part into the song dexterity. I’m not saying that the keys don’t play a role in any of the other songs, but to me in this song they have a larger influence within the song. There is a wicked little solo in which the keys have, that is diffidently worth mentioning.

The sixth song off of Seven Days To Shine is “Anifya” is a definite crowd pleaser. This has live performance written all through it and it starts right from the beginning of the song. There is a hand clap at the starting with a nice little guitar hook that plays in behind the hand clap, which then the guitar over powers the hand clap. You just can’t help but moving around as you listen to this song, there just isn’t possible way that you can stand still. The guitars really shine in this track, there are a couple of nice solos that are played over top of everything else and are highly noticeable and I find they are embellished properly to work within the song. The ending of the song done very well also as the last thirty seconds is the band jamming.

You can pick your copy of Seven Days To Shine from their website and you have to check them out live if they are playing in your neck of the woods.

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