Reverb-kissed arena rock at a mellow, almost acoustic level, brings a sense of nostalgia for the stripped-back soft-rock offerings of the nineties – THIRDLEAD recreate the emotional embrace of a simpler era, with Lost Forever.
Leading with a simple guitar sound and lightly-effected yet clearly evocative vocal, Lost Forever captivates for its humanity, melody and production in the first few moments, and proceeds to build around this a wholly immersive, passionate and powerful realm of escapism.
Initially falling somewhere between the likes of Sound Garden and the easier offerings of bands like Stone Sour, there’s a warmth to the arrangement and performance, but an alternative familiarity to the emo-pop structure of the writing – and indeed to the dynamic between two leading voices. Familiarity is ultimately contrasted by the originality and revelation of the song, inciting a sense of refreshing realism and musical euphoria that’s exciting to lose yourself within.
THIRDLEAD are a Christian Rock band from Benue State, Nigeria, an act perhaps flying the flag all the more highly for their unique breakthrough from the national scene. Lost Forever feels like a welcomed redirection for modern mainstream rock, and brings with it a worthy degree of poetic longing, self-reflection and depth, which seems more important than ever right now.
Weave in the guitar solo during the final fifth and we’re absolutely onto something special. I look forward to hearing more from THIRDLEAD in the coming months.
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Hi Rebecca! This has been the best review we v gotten about our music so far! It still blows my mind to this day how you carefully dissected the song bit rate by bit rate.
We have a new song that we are hoping you could review for us! Let us know if you would be willing to do this for us.
The song is called Let Go and is available on all streaming platforms