The Winter Olympics is a
band from London,
and this is their new track Heavy Metal Ending. It’s about frontman Andrew
Wagstaff’s own time as a rock critic, and the love/hate relationship that often
comes from them. I am one of these critics, and sadly I’m part of the hate
section of said relationship.
Last year The Winter
Olympics released Profit And Loss, an album full of energy and optimism but
just didn’t sit right with me at all. I enjoyed the happiness but by the end it
just became too much and some of the tracks involved some terribly generic
lyrics and riffs, making it impossible for me to return to even in the happiest
of moods.
You can imagine my
surprise when new track Heavy Metal Ending features a riff totally unexpected
to source from The Winter Olympics. With its heavily distorted, almost 80’s
style production it really brings a lot of much-needed originality to the
band’s sound.
Aside from this riff and
the expectant energy the band manage to breathe into it Heavy Metal Ending
fails to really get things moving progression-wise. The riff eventually fades
into white noise as it remains the same throughout the track’s length, and
because of this the track itself feels very samey too. There’s a lack of an
exciting riff to help differentiate the verses from the chorus; the only thing
that changes are Andrew Wagstaff’s vocals, and even then it’s just to become
more over the top and annoying as the track continues.
Heavy Metal Ending is a
track that had a bright beginning with the riff and quick energy building tempo
but unfortunately fails to capitalise on it with an even better finale. I don’t
see myself returning to this track, and honestly with Profit And Loss not being
good either, I don’t see myself returning to The Winter Olympics either.
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