Esther
Overthrone EP
(Self-Release)
Esther are a “new” band out of the UK, rising from the ashes of electronic group Audioshock. There’s is a sound that feels both familiar and somewhat fresh. It’s Two Door Cinema Club by way of Coldplay and Muse, in that these indie-laced songs are always looking for the big hook. you could label it like Foals with a dash of Placebo. Name-dropping aside, the band’s style is big and bold, and that does the band many favors throughout this short, solid four-song EP.
Like most pop-oriented indie rock of the past decade, Esther prefer big basslines, bigger hooks, with staccato guitar melodies. The band keeps things light and airy often, which both makes the music more melodic yet also rounds out their potentially sharper edges. The biggest knock on the band is how familiar much of the album is. It’s not that they are going all Trump speechwriter on us, but this young band is still trying to hone in on their own style. However, the band has enough flair to make the familiar quite worthwhile.
