Vendetta Red - Between the Never and the Now

Seattle-by-way-of-California combo Vendetta Red's Epic debut is a solid, even graceful collection of post-grunge guitar heroics, driving mid-tempo rhythms, and concurrently soaring/searing vocal workouts, the latter courtesy of Roger Daltrey-haired frontman Zach Davidson. The boys are quite convincing on Between The Never And The Now, whether they're channeling the yearning of emo during the child-abuse ballad "Stay Home," boiling down hardcore's aggression and speed to the essentials of a shout-along chorus and shredding chord progression in "Opiate Summer," or turning the trad rock of Travis on its ear with "Seconds Away" and "There Only Is." (Davidson shares more than a little vocal similarity with that band's Fran Healy). Read More