It's not often an ambitious rock band can mix crazy with melody and pull it off with panache and wide appeal. A prime example is Everything Everything - the ultimate headache band one minute, and inspired melodists the next. Lichfield newbie's Venkman seem to have the secret formula that EE never quite concocted.
Debut single "Martial Law" mixes jittery guitars and a fiddly rhythm section with the playful yet disarming dual vocal of band mastermind James Sutton and lead vocalist Kate McQuaide. Yet despite the chaos, the tracks restrains itself just enough to carry a masterful pop melody and a gorgeous tapestry of vocal and guitar-peggios at its climax.
B-side "Tricking" is even catchier and speedier, at times bringing to mind Paramore with its earworm chorus, but these comparisons are shattered once ethereal pads and distant reverb-laden guitar lines creep in and blissfully wrap the track in a similarly tasteful tapestry as its A-side. In just 2 tracks, Venkman put more cards on the table than most bands would dare in 2013, and yet somehow pull off a more distinct and engrossing sound then most, if not all of their peers.
Expect a debut album to drop in Autumn. It's a safe bet that we haven't seen half of what Venkman are capable of.
FOR FANS OF: Everything Everything, Bloc Party, The Mars Volta
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