LYME Regis based group The Distant Echoes may only have been together for a few months but they’ve already built-up a loyal following and a steadily increasing bounty of original tunes.
Their explosive sound and mixture of self-penned material and cover versions - including the odd audience sing-a-long - goes down a storm wherever they play.
Frontman Si Emmett (guitars & vocals), former bass and vocalist Rob Larcombe and Ben Gooding (drums) have already made several visits to the recording studio, where they cut an EP’s worth of numbers. Now, with new bass player Ashley Stalk, future sessions are already booked and it won’t be too long before their ever-increasing army of fans will be able to hear the band’s debut album.
The Distant Echoes are influenced by an eclectic range of artists, with their current set featuring numbers by the likes of The Modfather himself Paul Weller, through to latter day punk heroes Green Day.
Like the Californian trio and so many other great rock ‘n’ roll bands such as The Jam, Nirvana and The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Distant Echoes are a genuine no holds barred power trio. They don’t fill out their sound on stage with keyboards and rhythm guitars, they keep it real and keep it loud with the classic line-up of guitar, bass and drums.
That’s not to say there’s no room for the odd acoustic number, where Si and co demonstrate the depth and gravitas this band has to offer. Songs of nihilism, celebration and lost love sit side-by-side, fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle that you never thought you’d see complete.
The band’s love for all things indie and 90s Britpop tops off a mixing pot of varied tastes and sounds. Combining mod guitar ethics and pure singer-songwriter talent with an underbelly of retro punk anger, The Distant Echoes are making the local competition of middle-aged has-beens jamming on the same old blues numbers ad infinitum look like no competition at all.
James Coles
Entertainment Editor – View From Publishing
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