One of the latest trends in music practically Scottish music is the rise of the accent based singing technique. Everywhere you look in the scene bands are doing it no matter what genre although it’s practically within the indie rock genre that it prevails more than anywhere else. The problem with this type of singing is that when you have a band get very famous very quickly any other band sounded remotely similar get classed as a “copycat” band or as most people call it with regards to the Scottish accent based singing - “a Biffy clone” .
Latest tracks by YourFirstMistake
Due to this ongoing stereotype from critics it amazes me when bands come along singing in this style and still manage to put their own spin on it and come out with something original. One of these bands is a recent discovery of mine in the form of East Lothian six piece Your First Mistake. On further research of this band I discovered that they have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Senses Fail, Young Guns, Deaf Havana, Flood of Red, The Wonder Years, All Or Nothing, Save Your Breath, Paige, Me vs Hero, Yashin, Not Advised, Survive Atlantica, HerBrightSkies and many more.
They also released their debut EP “Wide Awake and Watching” recorded with Bruce Rintoul (Twin Atlantic - Red Bull Records) which was received with critical acclaim and even caught the eye of Kerrang! Magazine, who wanted to do an introducing piece on the band after hearing it. After a slight line up change the band are back with a new video in the works and a new single.
This latest offering in the form of "Today Is A Good Day, To Bury Bad News". The track starts with crackly, distorted almost stripped back tone added to this strong Scottish vocals and your off to a good start. The song then progresses building throughout in tempo and tone culminating in a full frontal guitar screeching and bellowing vocal finale. The song has the ability to grab you at the start and lure you into a false sense of knowledge that you know what to expect then delivers something far better than your expectations.
I will be keeping my eye closely on this band in the future. From what I have heard of not only this latest offering but from their past EP and also their rave reviews from various sources, big things are certainly on the horizon for this band. I urge you to check them out and add their music to your collection.
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