There is a rich tradition of powerful rock bands coming out of South Wales and Scarlet Rebels are proving that their status is up there with the best.
Riff laden rock and passionate vocals, there is a real brightness about their music. And this album is a long way away from their previous album ‘See Through Blue’.
“With 'Where The Colours Meet', we made an album of unity, a call for togetherness in a world gone mad. Our last album was deliberately polarising – I don't regret that, and it was amazing to see everyone who did choose to stand with us as we spoke the truth about the wicked forces working in our world,” says frontman Wayne Doyle. “But this time around, we made an album that will bring people together and that reflects all walks of life. We think everyone will relate to it. This album is a melting pot of lyrical themes and sonic elements – from mental health to love and dreams, from piano and sitar to joyful bells – so it's truly where the colours meet. There weren't any boundaries, and we wanted to make each song the very best version of itself by exploring all of the colours available to us.”
There are touches of Bryan Adams in the anthemic sound, and U2 as well, but that is ok as the better elements of each band’s sound seem to have filtered in. One of the songs that go away from that sound is the co-written ‘Out Of Time’, an impassioned ballad featuring Elles Bailey on vocals (she wrote the song with the band) and strings, but it fits perfectly in the canon of the album.
Opening track – and single – is ‘Secret Drug’, probably the most immediate song here, the rest took a couple of listens to really get into, but well worth the effort.
Excellent album and fully deserves to have hit the national midweek top 10.
