Ampline’s ‘Stab’ begins with a brooding bass and piano that cascades down into a pool of mellowness, it suddenly explodes to life in the shape of a Fugazi-esque punk chug. A song of two distinct halves, it’s an exhilarating rush of a song, and it’s not hard to see how they’ve scored a slot on tour supporting Mike Watt & The Missing Men (of the Minutemen)
Alone at 3AM present a very different musical face, ‘Upside’ is a harmonious, melodic country rocker, anguished shades of melancholy reflect on the trials of life and being broke. It has a heartfelt sincerity and a worldweary longing that’s hard to deny, and does very much follow I the style of the likes of Lucero and Gaslight Anthem.
Very much a record of two halves, this is exactly what the split single is all about.
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