The First
Never Said
Combining Jimmy Eat World and The Early November into an abridged American rock sound, The First stomp their way through ‘Never Said’ with plenty of energy. It’s a slick sound with very tight rhythms and some satisfyingly low-muted guitars mixing with some tidy distortion.
To sum up the rest of the single, ‘Tonight’ is the soppy one and ‘The Same Sky’ is the anthemic one. It’s a classic rock-triplet and they do them all well.
Whether you like this record or not will entirely depend on how you feel about this style, but even those who don’t really like it would have to grudgingly admit that The First are very, very good indeed.
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Steve Fenton writes in our music, words, and culture categories.
He was Editor in Chief for The Mag and covered live music for DV8 Magazine and Spill Magazine. He was often found in venues throughout the UK alongside ace-photographer, Mark Holloway. Steve is also a technical writer and programmer and writes gothic fiction.
Steve studied Psychology at OSC, and Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-1978 at the University of Reading.
