The Fallaways are quite brilliantly reviving the genuine energy of a genre that seemed all but forgotten for a while in modern music. Bringing the pace, passion, and musical accuracy of 90’s pop-punk releases, ‘Six New Ways’ explodes into action with infectious riffs, a manic drum line, an authentically fired up leading vocal and a hook that is begging for a crowd full of intoxicated music fans to embrace it. The single is fun, but it’s also well crafted. It has the polish of pop but the energy and grit of punk-rock, achieving a powerful balance between the two and making it possible and appealing to listen at high volumes.
Within the less than three minute recording the band present a number of influences detectable in various snippets of creativity. The melody line on the whole has a notably anthemic feel to it, hence the need for a live audience – though it would also work perfectly as the warm up song for anyone getting ready for a heavy weekend. The instrumentation has been built up and performed flawlessly in all areas, and as the tempo change comes in towards the end there’s a distinct presence of soul that comes through in the voice and the guitar solo – the space surrounding both here creates a mighty contrast, so the following return to the hook hits with immense impact.
This is really the sort of song that punk-rock or punk-pop fans from any generation will unconditionally relate to and appreciate. In fact, fans of uplifting, energising music in general that gears you up for a night to remember will almost definitely respond positively, regardless of genre preferences. Those six new ways to get shit-faced could have vast audience appeal.
Worth a listen.
By Rebecca Cullen
Rebecca is a Musician and writer from Manchester, UK, with an MA in Song Writing
