Scarlet Grey are an up-and-coming band out of LA who just dropped a 6-song EP called “Fancy Blood”. Apparently they’re pretty close with the guys in AFI and so you’ll hear Davey Havok contributing guest vocals while Jade Puget produced the EP.
Sonically as well there’s more than a couple of similarities with AFI’s recent output. With opener “No Boys In The Ballroom” and the title track they’re off to a good start. Both songs have that energetic yet highly infectious sound that AFI is known for, right down the whoo-hoo moments in the chorus. Unfortunately they also felt the need to include a very cheesy ballad (“Naomi”) which just plain sucks the fun out of the EP.
Not very original but seemingly approved by the original… so who am I to say they’re no good! They should definitely drop the cheez though on a next release.
Score: 6 out of 10
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http://www.myspace.com/scarletgrey
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