Six Star Hotel - Album review

The first time I saw the Belfast based band Six Star Hotel was in the upstairs room of a grotty, rock and roll pub somewhere in South London. My mate Chris and I were trying out a project called Acoustic Bullet Records, looking at signing our first band. Now I have seen a fair few bands perform live in my time, some of which were pretty memorable, this was one of those times. Ok so it wasn't U2 at Wembley Stadium, the Chillies at Hyde Park or Radiohead in Earls Court but there was something about that night that made me remember. The raw energy, the cutting guitars and David Clements amazing vocals, here were a band creating something far beyond their years. Sign this band? Who were we trying to kid.

Six Star Hotel - Gloria! Gloria! / I Fell Awake from Bandwidth on Vimeo.

Fast forward five years and I find myself listening to their latest offering Tides and Tides released on 7th December available here. Mixed by the LA producer Brad Wood the album follows in the tracks of their great 2007 Rocky O’Reilly mixed album A kind of crusade. To be honest I don’t think that there is a weak track on the album - go listen. The track that I’ve currently got on repeat is ‘Gloria! Gloria!’. A beautiful track both lyrically and musically it gradually weaves its way into the equally beautiful and dare I say almost folkish track ‘I Fell Awake’. And then there’s the new single ‘Kid Go Get It’ which has one of those choruses that likes to stay in your head for a long time. You can listen to the new single here and also watch a great video of the band from the Bandwidth session. Also why not pay a visit to the bands website here. 

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