There’s a famous saying that too many cooks spoil the broth, meaning too many people working at once on same thing can ruin the task in hand. Too many elements working together at the same time conflicting against one another. The same can be said when it comes to making music, with so many ideas and egos floating about there is bound to be some hostility and they do say sometimes less can be more. This advice is not always seen to be true. Take for example bands like The Polyphonic Spree, Arcade Fire and Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, all bands that are bursting at the seams with band members, all creating a ruckus of incredible sound and all marching to the beat of the same drum with not a petty word between them.
A vibe Brisbane band Velociraptor (Facebook/Twitter) are channeling Fans of DZ Deathrays will already be familiarity this 12 strong collective. Forming in 2008 as 3 piece side project with DZ ‘s members Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley, the band transformed and grew into the strong 12 hold that they are today releasing their debut self titled EP 2010 and mini LP The World Warriors in 2012.
Part 60’s garage part surf power pop Velociraptor bring together a stream of different ideas to one imagination. Their latest single Walk On By, which also happens to feature on our 22 tracks playlist this week, is fun infectious and bursting with catchy hooks Heavy in man power, packed with energy and a with catchy reverbing guitar rift to fuel them they sound like a wave building it‘s memento brutal and captivating, chaotic and thunderous you don’t want to miss this.
They releases their new 3 track EP on Heartthrob Records on 20th May.