For those of you who don’t know, Red Snowman are a five
piece rock act, hailing from Lochwinnoch (South of Glasgow, Scotland) who have
been together for over 3 years now. SKOM
sees Red Snowman develop their sound further from their self-titled debut
EP. Originally this was going to be a 4
track EP, however having eight strong tracks, it would have been a shame for 4
of the songs to go to waste. Instead of
going into the studio, creating songs, recording them and then going to play it
live; The Snowmen created the songs and through constant gigging moulded them
into the songs which lay fourth on the EP today.
The The cover of the Poets Revenge by Neil Young shows not
only how they can make other people’s songs sound like their own; but also
there is no end to the number of bands they are influenced by which in turn has
created something fresh and inspiring in its own right.
One of the unique things about this band is that 3 out of
the 5 members can actually sing. The
three vocalists have different styles that create many options for this band in
the future and create endless options as to which direction they choose to go
in. David is the main singer, whose
range can be seen from the haunting vocals in the introduction to Follow Me to
the full out rock screeches in SKOM, the title track. Ross on the other hand brings his Metal’esque
vocals to the fray which can be seen through ‘Anger Rise’ which was originally
a song from his former band Tallow, but has now been given the full Red Snowman
treatment. Meanwhile Craig adds the
softer vocals shown through ‘Wasted
Land
The final song ‘The only thing I know’ starts off as an epic
stadium sized rock ballad. However this
dramatically changes by the end of the song through a winding guitar solos,
heavy riffing and screeching vocals. I can in-vision grannies listening to
this, drinking tea, thinking “awe what a lovely song”, only to be spitting out
their tea when the song really kicks in, thinking “Gosh, what a racket, turn it
off!”. But hey that’s just rock’n’roll.
Its almost as if the Snowmen are trying to say to people “We are capable
of three minute rock ballad epics, but right now, we just want to rock out as
hard as we can!”. When I see this song
live, it’s beyond belief how Frazer pulls off the guitar solo, with seemingly
effortless ease, never mind doing it behind his head!
Overall a great ep, with 8 storming tracks, but like any
great band, it is the live performance that really matters. This is where Red Snowman really come into their
own by putting 100% into their performance every time they play and taking
their songs to a whole new level.
However if you can’t see these guys live; this CD acts a great reminder for
every other day, that Red Snowman ROCK!!!
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