Grand Central emerged in early 2010, formed of ex-members of two bands with the desire to play Punk Rock, Hardcore and straight up Rock. Inspired by the likes of The Ghost of a Thousand and Gallows, Grand Central recorded ‘01’ in Limours, France and it was released on the 9th of December last year.
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| '01': Album artwork |
Rhythmic and lively, ‘Pacific’ depicts all that Grand Central are about; angst, anger, and a general overflow of emotion spilling out into listeners’ ears. However, to truly understand where a band are coming from in terms of how they want to come across, perhaps as a serious, or politically driven band, lyrics are imperative. Unfortunately, anything lyrical is lost behind the overly energetic instrumentation, and cannot even be saved my A Day to Remember style gang vocals and rather ambitious guitar solos. ‘You Fuck, We Don’t…’ continues in much the same way, and it also emerges that the language barrier between French and English may be a problem. Although the band have opted to sing in English, most likely, to reach as wide an audience as possible, the loud instrumentation, scream style vocals and accent block any potential for effective lyrics.
Each track works in a run-of-the-mill, average manner with regards to instrumentation, and ‘Beautiful Losers’ is a wilted attempt at an ironic, oxymoron driven title, which cannot be boosted by more screaming and swearing to express anxieties. Grand Central is one of those bands that make you smile, but only when you realise the tracks reaching its conventional wrap. The much welcomed final track, ‘Hollow (The Dead Man Song)’, makes use of understandable lyrics, which are severely disappointing; ‘The city burns.’ It is clear the band have made no attempt to attach themselves to any kind of theme, topic or emotion whatsoever, and have lost themselves in a screaming hardcode mess.
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| Grand Central's Press Photo |
With giving nothing to listeners to take, aside from endless attempts to decipher lyrics and generic back beats, Grand Central’s shining moments are terribly few and far between.
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