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Title: Promising Debut Album
Review: From the opening track, the Vines show you what they're all about. They band is hard, edgy yet melodic. Many overseas critics have have hailed them as nothing less than the second comming of Nirvana. This is mildly true. On tracks such as "Outtatheway", "Highly Evolved", and especially "Get Free", you can easily recognize the influence of the Seattle trio on the young Australian band. But don't be fooled, the Vines are no Nirvana cover band. "Autumn Shade" and "Mary Jane" are much softer and complex. Many of the songs on the record utilize a background acoustic guitar, a la Radiohead. Arguably the best track on Highly Evolved, "1969" projects a Britpop vibe which is very remaniscent to My Bloody Valentine.Overall, this debut record is a very good one which is only a shadow of what's to come. Keep your ears open for this band.
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