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Shoshin - 

Epiphanies & Wastelands

by Daniel King - 26 May 2015

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Another genre has arisen and it seems that Shoshin are doing their best to make it their own. The guerilla rockers from Manchester have been bringing their unique urban sound to our ears for over 5 years now, but it's Epiphanies & Wastelands that could be the album that forces listeners to start taking them seriously.

 

From the opening seconds of the opening track, Same To Me, you can feel they're stepped up their game. The bassline is huge and the rapped/spoken vocals are clear and feel purposeful. The album as a whole, but this song in particular, feels like it is written with an agenda. That agenda, like with System Of A Down albums, isn't thrown in your face. It's just there, within the lyrics.

Leading single from the album, Plan C, continues that, but with a slightly more 'chilled out' theme. This has allowed radio airplay from various major sources, but the most impressive being Plant Rock's New Rock show. On first listen it doesn't seem like the kind of track that would even make it on to a show like that, but the talent on show breaks down those misapprehensions.

 

That talent is on show throughout this album, whether it's the laid back Glass Brick And Stone or the more in your face All For Us, you can tell that care has been taken over this release to ensure it's right, but not overproduced and plastic. It's a fine line that Shoshin have gotten perfect here. If their live performances are as powerful as this album is, these guys will be shooting into the public eye very soon.

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