Homicide Ventura - Homicide Ventura

1. The Getaway

2. The Trick

3. Kimchee

4. Cause Medic

5. Scarlet

Homicide Ventura have released their debut self titled album. This album has the feel of a faster paced alt rock band. There is something with this band we can't quite put our finger on. These guys have a similar sound to that of Thrice, Chevelle or Thursday. If you are into bands like this, you could like this album. They have done an alright job here. When looking at the recording of this album, the recording quality here isn't the greatest. This album sounds pretty low and needs a brighter, louder, more polished sound to it can be enjoyed more. The instrumentation here isn't bad, but it's nothing to really write home about. These guys can play, but its just good old plain playing. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are not bad, but pretty generic in the rock scene. You can tell he can certainly hit notes, and has a very clear voice. This vocal style feels more taught than natural though with how he holds his notes. Their vocalist can certainly sing, and you can hear him very clearly which is a positive. All in all, not bad on this part. With the lyrics, the band goes for song about running away, rushing things, relationships, and more. These songs seem to have the same sort of symbols, and ideas of cars, running, lights, etc. it would be nice to hear a little more variety here. The meanings in the songs however seem to be ones people can understand and relate to, so this will help out greatly. Not a bad job with the lyrics. If you are looking for a single, there isn't one, so just pick a song and you'll basically get the idea of the whole album. Homicide Ventura have made an album that shows what sound and style the band is going for. We hope that with later releases the band can get better recordings and switch up the lyrics with a thesaurus to say things differently. We'd like to see what comes next here, but this is a start. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think about it.

Genre: Rock/Alternative/Punk

Release Date: 2017

Location: Markham, Ontario
Website: https://www.homicideventura.com/

Label: None