Upon This Rock

Unspoken is a very strong debut EP from Amongst Wolves. They're a four piece rock band I featured on this blog a few days ago and you can hear my interview with them at this link . Amongst Wolves can best be located within the alternative rock genre. If you like hard edged, grungy rock, you're going to love this EP - you can listen to some of the tracks at the link below. The opening track So Much More is so well written it will make you sit up and take notice. It's a raw edged rock anthem that exhorts people to question everything and seek for answers to life's questions. It starts with a crawling, Matt Bellamy inspired distorted guitar that morphs into a grungy backdrop for the lead vocals of Kariss Rees (who reminds me a little of Hayley Williams with a touch of plaintive edge from  Dolores O'Riordan ). Track 2 starts with a punk chant, and then transgresses into melodic, almost balladic rock. Bottles clearly opens up a dialogue about alcohol and substanc...

One of the interesting highlights at Creation Fest was the lineup playing the second venue, known as the Big Top. One stand-out band that graced this stage, and made our ears bleed a little, was Amongst Wolves , who are a mission band. Along with Soulbox (who featured in an earlier post on this blog) they work for The Message, going into schools and other youth oriented venues to play their music messages of hope and faith. Amongst Wolves have toured extensively across the UK and in other countries including Germany. The band can best be described as alternative melodic rock, with sounds reminiscent of Paramore . They are a four piece made up of Mark (guitar and vocals), Kariss (vocals and guitar), Andy (drums) and Clarissa (guitar and keyboards). I met the band backstage at Creation Fest 2018 and asked them to talk about their inspirations, history, future and .... yep, how they got their name. Here's the interview: My next post reviews their 6 track mini-album Unspok...