Don't actually have a lot of info about THE PARNELL DECEPTION apart from the fact they appear to be a fresh-faced, hard rocking young trio and they are another product of producer Mark Daghorn's industrious, Essex-based New Rising Studio.
Ae ever with New Rising, this EP sounds powerful and well-recorded. Opener "Fearless" shows the Parnell Deception know their hard'n'heavy onions and they heave 'em into a vicious sonic stew here, notable for some well fackin' impressive screamy bits. Good in itself, though the band's quiet bit-then loud heavy fuselage riffy bit- then Math Rock scurrying bit approach has now been done so many times it's becoming pretty turgid at this stage. Worse still, they sound like a junior Muse here.
"Bongrat" follows up and while it's got riffs heavier than Jupiter and broiling tension a go-go, it still doesn't have enough to distinguish it from a very large pack slamming away in this area. Mind you, the fact it does have a stab at a decent chorus may or may not help, depending on your standpoint.
Third tune "Guillotine" is by some way the best thing here. It's slower, partially acoustic and employs a folky counter-melody, which is definitely a good idea. The fact it (inevitably) slides into fuzzbound heaviosity isn't, although it's difficult not to respond favourably to a wrought chorus that goes: "All I ever learned was taught to me by bastards." Nice one.
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Sadly, the EP peters out with its' weakest track in "Can't See", where the boot gets put into the groin emphatically and sludgy, Sabbaff-y riffs scrap with another vain attempt to sound like Muse in diapers. Sorry lads, this is too obvious and far too much of a headache.
In fairness, The Parnell Deception play well and are guy-rope tight. They undoubtedly rock and will probably be good live. They don't have Brody's intensity or Desert Monkey's funky inventiveness, though, and haven't the material yet, so I can only offer that we take a raincheck for now.
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