Through The Storm - Demo Tape

1. Wait For An Answer
2. Circle
3. Through The Storm

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Review date: 15/06/2000

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My expectation weren't that high when I plunked the cassette in the machine and hit play. There was surprise waiting for me because this demo contains some good old fashioned British style hard rock which I haven't heard that much of recently. The raw feel of the recording is not surprising, but what does surprise on first track, "Waiting For An Answer", is the big hard rock sound that includes a sense of melody. Rich's vocals rasp like he's screamed his lungs out the night before at a gig down the local rock club, but I like them and they fit the music perfectly. "Circle" is more uptempo rocking and is bloody annoying because it reminds me of something else, but I can't think what. This song sounds a little more polished and focused. I could imagine a band like UFO churning out something like this on stage. The band's signature tune, "Through The Storm", has almost a Metallica riff at the start before returning to the UFO meets Saxon meets Tygers Of Pan Tang style of the previous tracks.

TTS aren't breaking any new ground and I suspect they are perfectly happy not doing so. A 3 song demo tape is always are pain to listen to repeatedly because you're just getting into the groove when it's over and you've got to wait for the tape to rewind for a repeat of the same few songs. That rewind and repeat play process has happened quite often for TTS which is a good sign. A full length CD would solve this situation, so I hope some record label is reading this.