The Temperance Movement - Pride EP Review

In a world of such generic music and artists being contrived to please the masses, a band like The Temperance Movement shine through clearly. Showcasing their phenomenal talent is this debut 5 track EP. "Pride" is a prodigious statement, in the 5 tracks we are presented with, the band showcase their diverse style and song writing skills. Soul oozes from every note played and sung on this 5 track EP.

Kicking off the EP is “Ain’t No Telling”, a song that’s not written expressly for radio but is too catchy to not be a hit and have listeners singing along within the first spin of the track. The influences of blues and rock are blindingly obvious, but it’s not a bad thing, this band has taken a collection of inspirations and influences and created a Frankenstein like monster for their style, its awe-inspiring to hear a new band sounding better than most of their influences do right now.

“Only Friend” is what grabbed my attention and made me want to hear more from this band. If you heard it on the radio you would believe it was something written by a band beyond the years of “The Temperance Movement” as the craft Has been so well honed and perfected that it’s impossible to think this is on a debut EP.

“Pride” is the 3^rd track on the EP as well as being the title track for the EP, this is more laid back and a softer sounding piece, the band showcase the more diverse sides of the style they have perfected.

“Be lucky” follows suit building the pace, a “feel-good” track from which the band continues to diversify their style and sound, the whole EP is written to build you up when you feel knocked down.

“Lovers & Fighters” ends this EP on a soft note, bringing you back soothingly into normality after reminding you that new music does exist and new bands aren’t always run of the mill, soulless acts.

All in all this EP is extraordinary, it takes the influences of the past as a basis on which to build better and brighter things, these songs are a mere taste of the virtuosity of such youth and young blood in a genre that would have soon become based purely on nostalgia. “Pride” is not just the title of a track or the EP; it is something The Temperance Movement should have mounds of after releasing 5 songs like these.