Ian Sweet - If You're Crying YTV

I'm back! Yes I took a weeks gap between posts mainly due to being busy with work and partly due to the extremely nerdy fact of obsessively playing a new video game that I have been hooked on. Anyhoo back to normality, well as close as possible as we can all be. Its Tuesday officially for just under 4 hours now so I call that perfect time for my YouTube Video post. 

As I am sure I have stated somewhere in a previous post, I am a big Hardly Art Records fan and their current roster of artists is full of heavy hitters, with one of the newer signed bands being IAN SWEET and I am loving this track from said band 'If You're Crying' off of their recently released self titled EP. Chill indie at a strong 12/10, these guys know how to craft a song. Mellow guitar lines and drum beats with vocals that soothingly touch your ears and the occasional peak dotted around for added excitement. The record seems to be dialled back just enough to keep the emotion of the lyrics and instrumentation without being in your face or screeching. Great track and am looking forward to September for the LP. Enjoy!

Slash

This album is huuge! The amount of talent he has with him on this album is incredible, from Iggy Pop to Ozzy Osbourne to Chris Cornell with a bit of Dave Grohl thrown in for good measure.

Ghost- before listening to this track I didn't have a clue who Ian Astbury was and after a quick google, I found out he was in a band called The Cult. All I know is this track has got some power and I'm loving it. His vocals are brilliant and a great way to kick off the album.

Beautiful Dangerous- I previously heard Fergie with Slash on a cover of Paradise City and she sung it with so much gusto and effort, its tracks like that and this one where you can really tell she is a quality singer. She really goes well with the big rock guitar sound, for sure.

Starlight - I think this is my favourite track from the whole album. This Myles Kennedy guy, I like him. When he sings, he is proper going for it, no holds barred whatsoever,

Gotten - As much as I'm not a fan of Adam Levine on the whole, this track actually doesn't sound too bad. Probably the balance of Slash helps it quite a bit but yea. It's quite mellow compared to the other songs I prefer on the album but a nice change, not too depressing by any means.

Overall I'm so glad I picked this up. If you see it, do the same!