Tower: Tower

Tower are a loud and garage sounding NYC band that has just released their debut, self-titled, 8 track record out now on THE END RECORDS. Their sound is a throwback of sorts to that raunchy and distorted underground Hard Rock of the 70's & 80's. Organic, powerful and grungy riffs are what Tower are about on this debut album.

Fuzzed out guitars are brazen and in your face on this debut Tower record and the vocals are as high and soaring as a kite and over bellowing from female Operatic screamer, Sarabeth. She sings SO high and SO often that the vocals become such a distraction that they are downright annoying. Imagine a Janis Joplin type mixed with 80's Metal Queen's Doro or Lee Aaron and have all three of them over sing just about every note that comes out of their mouths and then sing them as high as they can with an annoying fast vibrato. Her vocals do not help the fact that the music that she is caterwauling over the top of is bland and fairly forgettable. Songs like the Krokus sounding riff of "Raceway Rock" begins simple enough but falls short, but "Elegy" is easily their greatest hit complete with an Iron Maiden type harmony lead and time changes.

Tower seem to be known for their live shows, but this debut release leaves much to be desired. None of the songs jump out at you and in fact, they seem to all run together as one long, unsatisfying piece of music. As a whole, New York City's Tower misses the mark on this debut record.

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Track Listing
1. Tower
2. I've Never Been More Alive
3. Raceway Rock
4. Party (Ready to Roll)
5. Flames
6. Mountains
7. Hold On To Me
8. Elegy

Added: December 1st 2016
Reviewer: Butch Jones
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Related Link: Band Facebook Page
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Language: english

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