Tin Alley - Every Turn (Album)
» Tin Alley QLD/NSW tour leg cancelled - February 25, 2008
Every Turn is the debut album for Melbourne three piece Tin Alley. The album is their second release for the year following on from their single 'In Your Hands' that was released recently as a bit of a teaser for the debut album.
Although the bands first full-length album, it has been far from an overnight success. Tin Alley have been working their trade around the pubs in Melbourne for several years. They have been establishing themselves in a city that is tough to win over a crowd, a couple of bad gigs and you will find yourself stuck with Monday night gigs, where your audience will have more of an interest in the bargain price schnitzels and pokies than your music.
Upon the first listen of Every Turn you hear a very unique sound. It hits you that this band is incredibly raw and stripped back. This aspect is something that is almost unheard of these days in music releases. Ok work with me here, its like imagining the music world is a giant supermarket, then you would find Tin Alley in the organic section. Being organic and unprocessed they are free of additives such as vocal distortion, pro tools and any other special effects that we see these days by bands with cashed up record companies.
Their style too wouldn't have been out of place in their grunge era of the early nineties, a slower style of rock that pushes past an average song with a catchy chorus. But it is not a sound that will instantly grab you either, it has taken quite a few listens to get a full appreciation of the Tin Alley sound. Not everyone will have that sort of patience.
Some highlights of the album are the opening track 'Act without thought' that leads in with a drum beat that keeps getting better as the song goes on, also 'summer love' builds ups up slowly to fantastic guitar solo that you can just picture would lift the roof of them at a pub show. But these were a couple of diamonds in the rough, with much of the tracks simply never coming to any great heights, and keep you waiting for something to happen.
Tin Alley have a lot of promise, but are a work in progress. I'd classify these guys with the early styles of Aussie rock by touring veterans Ammonia and You Am I. Now with a national album release under their belts, they could expect an increase in live shows and gaining quite a lot of new fans, all of which can only push Tin Alley to improve and become one of the top live acts in the country.
