Discovering Eureka Stockade

artist: Eureka Stockade | genre: alt-rock | label: Cracking Tunes

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Eureka Stockade

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Without You    Violence

I had to do some double checking of things with Eureka Stockade. For example, are they really from Cambridge? The one in England?? I have to say, the sound is quite American to me. The pedal steel guitar playing a prominent role in “Without You” does make me think Nashville. And other tracks like “Violence” and “All Alone” made me seriously wonder if they could be from Athens, Georgia. I actually did double check….it’s still Cambridge, England.
And with tracks titled “All Alone”, “Without You”, and “Through Every Darkness”, one might be afraid these could be country-western songs where you lost your job, your wife, and worst of all your dog. Don’t worry; they aren’t. Eureka Stockade is a solid four piece, delivering vocally driven, well-crafted, alt-rock tunes with a decent range of different sounds. “Without You”, with that pedal steel guitar is a masterful acoustic ballad and really is a bit country. “Violence” is on the other end of their spectrum, being more Athens-inspired rock. If you like both of these tracks, then you should be happy with everything in between.

– DMitch

Comments

4 responses to “Discovering Eureka Stockade”

  1. shelagh Avatar
    shelagh

    I like it. Reminds me of if the cure (early 80s) had a baby with REM (early 80s). Two of my favorites 😀

    1. DMitch Avatar

      Shelagh… my sentiments exactly!

  2. Andy Brown Avatar
    Andy Brown

    Thanks for the nice comments guys! I’ll take a comparison to The Cure and REM anyday…both legends. Thanks to Froglix for the great revire too! (I’m Andy from the band)

  3. Andy Brown Avatar
    Andy Brown

    Duuh.. that was meant to read “thanks for the great review” 🙂