Sounds | Red Giant - Free Me
- Jan Guisset
- 31 mrt
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Spelen in clubs en kleine zalen of zelfs muziekwinkels, met het tourbusje in de file staan, wachten op je eten, soundchecken, wat dollen aan je merchbooth en af en toch een uitstapje trachten te maken .... dat is het leven van een kleine(re) band 'on the road'. En wat de heren en dame van Red Giant in mei tijdens hun tour door de UK te wachten staat.
Ze stellen ons hun nieuwe single Free Me voor. En ik vraag mij af hoe het mogelijk is dat ik nu pas kennis maak met deze band, want hun debuutalbum Red Giant is toch al sinds oktober vorig jaar uit.
Beter laat dan nooit zullen we maar denken dan. De psychedelische stoner- en bluesrock van RG roept spontaan vergelijkingen op met Baroness. Er bestaan slechtere referenties, quoi?
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“Free Me” is the final single from Red Giant’s eponymous debut album and is a powerful, bitter cry for help. It is a heartfelt plea from a soul in torment crying out to be rescued because their own attempts at escape from their pit of despair have proved futile.
The start/stop nature of the song with its crashing chords, high note riffs and strong vocals empathise with the intensity of emotion felt by a person trapped in this enveloping hell. The quiet ending of the song is in stark contrast to what has come and gone before. Has the prisoner been rescued or have they just resigned themselves to their fate?
This powerful song gives voice to feelings that can be shared by so many people in similar situations of stress and trauma. Perhaps many more than we realise.
Red Giant is a new guitar band formed by YouTube presenter and guitar prodigy, Dave Simpson who has amassed over 141,000 YouTube followers. Visit his popular YouTube channel HERE.
