Rovers by Culann

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This is my first time listening to this band, Culann, who come from Scotland.  I'm instantly amazed at the production, sound quality and musicianship.  All of the instruments sound amazingly clear. In the verses, I hear clean guitars filling in the areas of the audio spectrum that need it.  I hear bass that smoothly thunders its way through both calm verses and under thick distorted power chords.  I hear drums that instantly start building up starting at the beginning, getting heavy, then sliding into flowing16th note hihats without missing a thing.  The vocals are obviously very trained, hitting notes, using emotion beautifully, filled with harmony when appropriate.  OK, honestly, every musician sounds highly trained and is spot on.

The songwriting is very impressive.  Has very calm parts, that build intensity, then heaviness ensues.  This is a progressive hard rock/metal song.  It's so very impressive when a band can go a full song without repeating a section the same way as earlier in the song.  Masterful songwriting.

I love how naturally the guitarist can fill in clean areas, but also solo effortlessly anywhere in the song...How the drummer fills in whenever appropriate, but not too much...How the bass will slide up and fill with the drummer...how the vocals are so very emotional.

I'm honored to be given the chance to review this incredible song.  You officially have a new fan, and I hope this review will help as many others as possible discover you.

Please take a listen on your favorite streamer using the SongWhip link below to get there!

https://songwhip.com/culann/rovers

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