[American Steam Company, 2011]Listing Ships' demo Maiden Voyage impressed many local critics earlier this year and now we're presented with The 100 Gun Ship EP which is basically an extended version consisting of three new songs and a remix. The opening track is perhaps the band's most immediate song yet, starting with a driving bassline before a beautiful cacophony of synthesisers and bending guitars cloud the air. “Then Venice Sank” is the closest thing to krautrock that a band from our fair city has produced for some time; an urgent, shifty bassline once again providing the perfect anchor for the guitars and synthesisers to wander off in all directions. “Melusine Romance”, as the title may suggest, is the loveliest song the band has released so far and serves to prove that there is plenty of room for tension in romance whilst also demonstrating that the band is becoming masterful at their craft. Another excellent release from a band more than fulfilling their early promise.
[Originally published in Oxford Music Scene magazine, issue 16]
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