Bernaccia –
Light//-//Dark EP
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Out Now
Psychedelic
blues rock quartet release their new EP.
By their own
admission, it’s been a great year already for Bernaccia. They’ve supported Royal Blood in their
hometown of Newcastle, played at the Evolution Emerging festival and released
the fine Cinema EP.
They now
show no signs of relenting as the new EP, Light//-//Dark is thrust upon the
public. Four new tracks, each one as
good as the other combine in another powerful mini-collection of brooding
psychedelic blues with a touch of good old rock ‘n’ roll thrown in for good
measure.
Opener,
Street Life sees the lads on top form as the drums roll over Jonny Noble’s deep
menacing tones whilst guitar and bass combine to bring you a startlingly great
track. With slight wisps of Ian
McCulloch, Noble’s voice is a powder keg ready to blow, the closing harmonica
does nothing but add to the tension and a formidable EP is off to a roaring
start.
Darkness
Walks immediately goes for the 2014 award for best throbbing bass, almost
distorting amidst a superb blues underbelly and Jim Morrison esque echoes. A gentle keyboard arrives as if to bring some
calm to the Bernaccia storm which only serves to whip up a hurricane and pound
on harder and further.
The EP
closes with two tracks featuring vocalist Ellen Chetchuti adding a slightly
serene side firstly to Blue Man which begins with a sound of native American
chanting. Chetchuti has a voice which is
both gentle and gravelly adding more kudos to the band’s sound. Closer, Manifest starts with spaghetti
western whistling and rolling drums before picking up the pace and moving into
familiar territory. Guitars pronounce
their presence with the confidence that this young band possess in abundance.
For the
second time this year Bernaccia have released an EP of superb quality and
professionalism and an album from them is the sort of stuff that dreams are
made of.
9/10
Links
Bernaccia website
Bernaccia on Twitter
9/10
Links
Bernaccia website
Bernaccia on Twitter
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