New Music: Pvris

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   Massachusetts three piece are set to make their mark this year in the alternative rock genre. Their debut EP (available here) was released last year containing 5 songs from the band and giving listeners an idea of their sound. The EP opens with 'Demon Limbs', and show the bands solid sound and strong instrumental tones. The guitars show how skilled the band are with their instruments, giving the EP a more mainstream metal vibe that will appeal to a larger audience. Lynn Gunn's vocals are like a mixture between Mindy White (Lydia/States) with all the raw grittiness of Lzzy Hale (Halestorm). The instrumentals perfectly gel with Gunn's vocals, all providing a kick of their own. All five tracks have the same strong tones that give the band a fresh sound, separating them from the female fronted cliché that they must be 'like Paramore' for having a female lead.

   

   The thoroughness of their sound even hits the lyrics, too. The band shows a maturity in all aspects of their music. There's no hints of auto tune or that they've tried to clean around the edges of their sound, which makes them all the more appealing as it gives them a rawness found in few bands nowadays. However, this doesn't sound accidental - it sounds like the band wanted to keep their sound as 'real' as possible, by keeping Gunn's vocals untouched and allowing the band to keep their sound exactly as they intended. The changes in tempo in the guitars flow perfectly and everything seems to fit.

   This year, the band released an acoustic EP (available here) produced by Blake Harnage (of Versa). Featuring the first four tracks off their debut EP, the sound is much more subdued with the same vibes often found on an album from Lydia (especially Illuminate). The band shows more diversity in their sound, keeping the instrumentals strong yet taking on the same gentler tone as Gunn's vocals. However, this certainly doesn't diminish what they built in their previous EP, but instead adds to what they can achieve together across their genre.

   Gunn was featured in the most recent Glamour Kills line alongside Jess Bowen (drummer, The Summer Set) and Jenna McDougall (vocals, Tonight Alive). The band will also be playing Warped Tour in America this year alongside the likes of Neck Deep and The Summer Set, so they're certainly going the right away about getting their name out there. Their two EPs give a promising taster of their sound, so I'd certainly keep an eye out for their eventual release of a full length - if their music so far is anything to go on, it's going to sound pretty darn good.