Rosie
Bans – Process EP
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Scottish sophisti-pop singer songwriter
releases her new EP.
With the release of 2014s Be Bold
EP, Rosie Bans instantly stamped her mark as a fine talent and, as part of
artPACKT with Mike Nesbit and Anna McDonald further endorsed her writing and
playing skills on an album of acoustic numbers.
Rosie now returns with a new four
track EP in the form of Process (which is available free after signing up to
her website), again showing that she is a talent to be reckoned with. Take heed of her flame red hair as the fiery Glaswegian
unleashes her wrath and emotion on us all.
Opening the EP with Stop This her energetic
keyboard playing is joined by a piercing guitar courtesy of Rodrigo Braga which
adds a powerful edge to the track. The
brand of blue-eyed soul (sic) that she regularly presents is slightly overshadowed
by a rockier number which is powerful and an instant earworm. The hard, almost distorted piano is fabulous
and the production by Bans is spot on.
With Giving My All the jazz/soul
returns and Bans’ voice beautifully mingles with soft tinkling keys which may
remind older listeners of 80s pseudo crooners Hue & Cry. The vocal rising and falling gorgeously against
a fluffy background of adult orientated pop, and often taking the centre stage
that it richly deserves to do.
Never lacking emotion, Rosie’s
lyrics can often hide hard-hitting story lines (with the odd profanity tucked
in for good measure) and Family Man is no exception as the married man ‘plays
away from home’ whilst he forsakes his wife and children only to call himself
the model male mentioned in the title.
It’s a quick-fire number once more with some effective keys and a chorus
which is both memorable and impressive.
London blues/folk trio Cosmo House
make an appearance on closer Run Don’t Walk, a slow burner which soon escalates
into a rocky pop piece as Rosie asks us not to ‘throw her to the lions’, and
her voice takes on a quite amazing range.
With a new atPACKT tour planned in
the coming months, beware the ‘average sized ginger’ at your peril.
Links
Rosie Bans website
Rosie Bans on Twitter
Rosie Bans on Facebook
Be Bold EP review
ArtPACKT album review
Published on Louder Than War 7/01/16 - here
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