Discovering this little bundle of joy a few months before we officially enter summer is perhaps the best thing that could have happened.
Like a colourful rainbow, Edinburgh quartet Curators have painted up a fabulous wee pallet of textures and contrasts on latest EP The Cold in the Walls.
It is the boldness that intrigues and appeals most within the six songs on the EP, crucially every track is tended to and given a stark and individual identity to the number that precedes it, the end result is both impressive and dynamic.
For example, opening track ‘Sunk’ swaggers like a juggernaut, punching well above the weight of a local band, there are hooks and choruses on display here that big Simon Neil wished he had wrote.
It is no exaggeration when I suggest this band has a sound that would deliver and enthral inside a stadium.
See, where a lot of local bands attempt to over complicate song structures; Curators have made sure they have the basics down to a tee, with a plethora of catchy choruses on the likes of ‘Ghost in the Attic’ and ‘Loose Lips Sink Ships’; the potential on show here is massive.
That these guys are comparable to Scottish heavyweights Biffy Clyro and Frightened Rabbit rather than lesser-known local commodities is perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay Curators.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out The Cold in the Walls, do it now, might just be the soundtrack to your summer.
Words: Chris Kelman
