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Dry Riser
Paralyse Your Mind

Dry Riser have been up and down the country building up a following in all the major music hot-spots and now they’ve turned their attentions to the South Coast from their current stronghold in London.

‘Paralyse Your Mind’ starts off with a guitar line that gives a strong waft of Chilli Peppers, before adding some crunchy bits, crystal higher-pitches and the first of the magical drum-parts. It’s all well crafted and kicks into a 16-beat indie-cruncher with a nice melody. There are three further examples of this band’s craft, but it’s the opener that demands most of the attention.

Now the vocal is a bit of an acquired taste, there’s a hint of Morrissey and a splash of Pebworth but after the first verse it loses that killer distinguishing feature that, in those first few lines, really marries up to the music. It’s strange, but it seems to get more anonymous as the song progresses and I’m left longing for the individuality that it demonstrated early on.

Full marks to Jack Daniel, who supplies great beats throughout this indie-rock EP and transforms songs that are quite good into something rather special.

Dry Riser

Written by Fenton on 19th September 2007

Steve Fenton writes in our music, words, and culture categories. He was Editor in Chief for The Mag and covered live music for DV8 Magazine and Spill Magazine. He was often found in venues throughout the UK alongside ace-photographer, Mark Holloway. Steve is also a technical writer and programmer and writes gothic fiction. Steve studied Psychology at OSC, and Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-1978 at the University of Reading.