Don't Hold Back
Reviews
Deniz Cebenoyan
Reviewed 2011-12-09
Reviewed 2011-12-09
The Modests/ “Don’t Hold Back” / No Label
Very fun rock, upbeat and sunny, but balanced nicely with gritty tenor vocals. Sometimes slip into standard safe chord progressions, but still a good time. Well produced, layered songs, sounds like a band that’s been recording for a while despite it apparently not at all being true (they’re still in school according to the paper insert!) A couple of tracks feature singing in a foreign language, perhaps Gaelic/Scots seeing as how they’re from Scotland? You can definitely hear the singer’s accent pretty frequently.
No FCCs detected, though I can’t speak for the foreign language featured on tracks 4 and 5. Favorites include: 1, 5.
1. *2:05 Favorite! Sunny rock, makes you tap your foot to the beat, layered guitars, singer sounds like he’s having a good, wild time (“ooo ooo”s thrown in occasionally).
2. 2:14 Acousitic guitar, xylophone, builds to more uptemo ¾ of the way through. Vocals have a vague The Strokes feel, heavy Scottish accent pretty apparent here.
3. 3:40 Great uptempo, use of cowbell, nice powerchords on electric guitar.
4. 4:18 Slowly builds in beginning to faster tempo, electric guitars and xylophone. Begins in foreign language… I think. Before I knew it, they were speaking heavily accented English again! Oh you wild and crazy guys!
5. *3:17 Super uptempo like mid 90s punk, breaks down a bit to regular uptempo. Nice vocal harmonies. But then gets uptempo again! Then downtempo! You guuuys! Again with the language change-up too. Very fun.
Deniz Cebenoyan
Very fun rock, upbeat and sunny, but balanced nicely with gritty tenor vocals. Sometimes slip into standard safe chord progressions, but still a good time. Well produced, layered songs, sounds like a band that’s been recording for a while despite it apparently not at all being true (they’re still in school according to the paper insert!) A couple of tracks feature singing in a foreign language, perhaps Gaelic/Scots seeing as how they’re from Scotland? You can definitely hear the singer’s accent pretty frequently.
No FCCs detected, though I can’t speak for the foreign language featured on tracks 4 and 5. Favorites include: 1, 5.
1. *2:05 Favorite! Sunny rock, makes you tap your foot to the beat, layered guitars, singer sounds like he’s having a good, wild time (“ooo ooo”s thrown in occasionally).
2. 2:14 Acousitic guitar, xylophone, builds to more uptemo ¾ of the way through. Vocals have a vague The Strokes feel, heavy Scottish accent pretty apparent here.
3. 3:40 Great uptempo, use of cowbell, nice powerchords on electric guitar.
4. 4:18 Slowly builds in beginning to faster tempo, electric guitars and xylophone. Begins in foreign language… I think. Before I knew it, they were speaking heavily accented English again! Oh you wild and crazy guys!
5. *3:17 Super uptempo like mid 90s punk, breaks down a bit to regular uptempo. Nice vocal harmonies. But then gets uptempo again! Then downtempo! You guuuys! Again with the language change-up too. Very fun.
Deniz Cebenoyan
Recent airplay
Don't Hold Back
Everyday Commotion — Feb 01, 2012
I Need Your Help
Brownian Motion — Jan 04, 2012
07505412355, Don't Hold Back
Modern Donkey — Jan 03, 2012
Don't Hold Back
meow — Dec 28, 2011
Don't Hold Back
meow — Dec 21, 2011
Call The Cops
The Songsmith Show — Dec 15, 2011
Charting
2011-12-11 — 2012-02-12
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 5 | 1 |
| Jan 8 | 2 |
| Jan 1 | 1 |
| Dec 25 | 1 |
| Dec 18 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Don't Hold Back | ||
| 2. | Lucy's Fur Coat | ||
| 3. | Call The Cops | ||
| 4. | I Need Your Help | ||
| 5. | 07505412355 |