Echo Boomer

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With a knack of writing quirky alt-pop tunes, Jonny Race has performed all over the country, including tour support for The Guillemots at a sold-out Brixton Academy. Now based in Oxford, Jonny was joined by Paul, Pete and his brother Sam to form Echo Boomer in early 2007. The band have taken Jonny’s strong melodies, adding guitar hooks and a driving rhythm section to create songs influenced by REM, Bowie, PJ Harvey, Elbow and Talking Heads. In addition to local radio play, Echo Boomer are becoming an established live act in Oxford – recent gigs include several headline shows at The Jericho Tavern and at The Carling Academy supporting The Metros. Their self-produced 9-track EP was released in February 2008

Opening track 'Where Are You Now' is steely and linear with chiming guitars and a downbeat feel that never sinks into self-absorbed whimsy. The piano-led 'Survive' is a chilly, questing paean to the power of love in the face of global catastrophe which is about twenty times better than that might sound. Together with the elegantly understated 'Seeds', the song shows off the band's strengths, in particular Jonny's voice - delicately powerful, calmly emotive – although both sound like they've sneaked out the back of 'The Bends'. Nightshift, May 2008

The crystalline pop of 'Where Are You Now', the lead track of Echo Boomer's debut album, reminds me of the late lamented Gene. Everything from vocals to the music sounds so precise, yet still full of emotion, a difficult trick to pull off indeed….'Survive' is excellent stuff and the potential to be the big hit. It's as if the band are adrift at sea, but as everything's perfectly calm, they're blissfully happy to be there. Jonny's vocals ride the surface safe in the knowledge everything will be fine. Russ’s Reviews

DEMO OF THE MONTH All in all, an absolutely stunning demo and certainly worth checking out. It is, so far, the only demo Ive reviewed that I've gone out of my way to put onto my itunes. Thats saying something. The fact that Ive also said nothing but positive things is also saying something let alone being a rarity. Never in a while have I heard a demo in this style with such controlled brilliance. Call this a brief bout of madness but its hard to argue when four out of your five personalities love it. Open View Magazine






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