Fastriser Delivers A Rock Infused Single
A new single from Fastriser brings a fresh approach to crossing classic rock, alternative rock, indie, and most importantly, garage rock. This track showcases great fuzz-tone guitars, but it veers in different directions during certain segments, giving the song a slightly progressive approach, and the entire thing boasts a live-performance vibe.
One of my favorite aspects of "Falling Dream" is that sort of live feel. It's almost as if they recorded the entire thing live on the floor, and everyone involved was feeding off each other's energies the entire time.
There are also elements about the track that make you think of a sort of 90s rock feel as well. That '90s radio rock is pretty evident in the set of influences this band brings on, especially during the course of this track, which is very melodic and still manages to feel driving at the same time.
The drumming is outstanding here: not only does it build the song up and give it that thick backbone, but the hi-hat sound is right in your face, so this also adds to that energy level that they keep all around, and I feel like a lot of the band pushes off of that.
The vocals are awesome as well because they give you a robust feel, but also can perform some great harmonies during certain parts, and they lay in melodies that stick with you for quite a while after the song is over
During the verses, the guitars are separated into two different parts. One of them performs cords that feel almost arpeggiated but aren't fully separated. They're still chords, but they're strummed in a certain way so that you have the full body of the chords, but you hear each note at the same time.
Then, you also have another guitar section during the verses that plays single-note melodies, and this adds a slight mathy feel, but not over the top. A lot of math rock music is pretty over the top and super complicated, but here it's not; it's simplified and melodic, but adds a really cool vibe to the track before it bursts into that big chorus once again.
When you break down the lyrics of the track, they feel pretty metaphoric, but you can tell that it is a song about love. It's a song about love between two people, or it could also be taken in a universal way, where the love is what all of us are actually made of.
We all need different lives and have different goals, struggles, thoughts, and everything else involved with being human, but we are made of love.
Again, these are the ways that I interpreted the song, and others may do that quite differently.
I just love the way the vocalist brings in certain kinds of melodies during those choruses when he's saying falling, dreaming, fallen, dream.
That section of the track really sticks with me.
Throughout all of the sort of high energy, rock backbone, and soundscape, you still have a little bit of a spacious undertone, which actually adds to some of the sentiment of the song because it feels dreamy at times.
Listening to the song makes you want to go see them perform it live. It's kind of rare that you hear a track on record and immediately want to go see the band, but this song really showcases that live factor, and it certainly comes through with a perfect balance of subtlety, edginess, color, and thought.
The band is a trio based out of Dublin featuring two brothers on guitar, bass guitar, and vocals. This, of course, along with an outstanding drummer who again doesn't just sit in the pocket, but rather adds a liveliness to the track itself.
They do manage to pull together a bit of a powerhouse kind of sound that combines a raw energy and approach, with many influences both old and new, giving them a boisterous rock soundscape that becomes a staple.
"Falling Dream" is among several recent single releases from the band, and if you dig the track, then I would strongly suggest checking out some of the others.
Each one of these gives you a different perspective of how the band writes and performs. "Cartoon" is a track that really hit me in a particular way. It made me think more of an underground '90s style like Pavement, for example.
These guys really pull together some outstanding performances, and although the songs vary and differ, they all seem to carry with them that live performance air and energy that makes it special.
Definitely check this out right now.
