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The Material are a new young alternative rock band
from Los Angeles with their début album following on from
a couple of EP's, 'Tomorrow' and 'Weather The Storm'. Their
music is in the same baseball park as Flyleaf, Versa Emerge,
and Paramore, if you like those bands then you will love
The Material, but I also detect some Evanescence and a touch
of Within Temptation's more alt-rock moments. It is great
to see a new female fronted alt-rock band holding their
own in the massed melee of male fronted, and Paramore's
Hayley Williams had just made the front cover of Cosmopolitan
magazine causing quite a stir, showing that female fronted
alt-rock is making serious headway into the Gaga Britney
mainstream. What We Are presents twelve emotive songs of
love, loss, regret and broken hearts emotionally and passionately
sung by seductive Colleen D’Agostino, with a visceral raw
edge that holds nothing back. Her voice goes from a whisper
on the verses to a mighty electric throat on the choruses
as the band climb from quiet reflection to soaring majestic
power on songs like 'Let You Down' and 'This is Goodbye'.
Other songs like opening brace 'Appearances' and 'Stay Here
Forever' are more full throttle, full of chiming jangling
guitars, and the highlights are the lovely ballad 'The Only
One' and the skilful rocker 'I'm Alive'. This is tailor
made for alternative rock fans and their drapers can be
found at http://thematerial.tumblr.com/
, a finely woven 8.75 out of 10.
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