TOWNS

Words by Ben Blackburn

Stop the press! Cease your panicked woe! Lostprophets have declared that they are here to ‘save guitar music’. The debate over whether that statement is ‘ridiculous’ or ‘completely ridiculous’ will have to wait for another day, however after listening to the work of Bristol based quartet Towns, I’ve already begun writing Lostprophets a letter to let them know they needn’t bother, as guitar music is doing just fine without them.
 
Originally from Weston-super-mare, Towns have already garnered support from the likes of NME and The Fly, along with countless blogs and local publications that hail the band as everything from ‘fuzztastic’ to ‘Britpop revivalists’. These descriptions are no surprise as the band recently recorded with the famed former Oasis and Verve producer Owen Morris, who’s influence can be markedly seen on the band’s track ‘Gone Are The Days’.

What separates Towns’ Britpop inspired sound from the many hollow replications the genre has suffered over the years, is that it projects a sense of enormity and the anthemic without even appearing to try to. It is this subtlety, which encapsulates a sound that is full of driven guitars and crashing percussion, that galvanizes Towns’ music and in doing so leaves you with the sensation you’re all the more cooler for listening to them.
 
Currently on their first UK tour, make sure to catch Towns’ at a venue near you.

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