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ck, ‘Home Run (1997) is fresh from the mouths of Scotland’s emo punk band, Flood of Red, and offers up a commercially satisfying sample of their work. Opening with guitars that could almost be heard on a Franz Ferdinand debut track, ‘Home Run’ slowly morphs, with the help of fast-pace drumming to an epic pop-punk anthem the likes of Lostprophets or Kids in Glass Houses would be happy to accept as their own. Don’t be fooled though, this is no ordinary offering from the pop-punk world, the vocal is drenced in a thick scottish accent and thus brought down to earth and dragged from the usual connotations of pop-rock cheese. Singer, Jordan Spiers stretches his vocal to newer and more haunting levels, portraying a gentler side to the band and through sheer musicality, the band can be lifted from the grasp of the usual stereotypes.
However, ‘Home Run’ for the sake of commercial success, does play to certain stereotypes with its all encompassing, whiney lyrics that could be taken to lack originality, but then in this genre of music, what are we to expect? Within their limits, Flood of Red manage to draw on the popular aspects of the musical genre they are bound to be pigeon-holed in to. Despite this though, they manage to retain a shread of individuality without puncturing their chance for success.
If you’ve been searching for a new band to tantalise your pop-rock taste buds… then look no futher.