Single Review: Foreverandnever – Promises

Mississippi born and Nashville based alt-rockers Foreverandnever have unleashed the latest EP, Promises, today, the 2nd June 2017, their latest release follows on from a relentless tour schedule and 2016’s All We Know EP. The EP follows in the footsteps of it’s predecessors, but when compared to their previous EP, and their self titled debut album, this release seems positively polished and refined. The raw edge their previous recordings carried has been replaced with a smoother and less urgent style than their earlier material, this may be related to the deft hand of the Saves The Day guitarist, Arun Bali, firmly on the helm.

The opening title track kicks things off with steady downbeat quality, but it crashes into life on the chorus and builds to an intense finale that then gently fades away, this a pattern that follows with EP’s second offering, Like Wolves, yearning vocals inhabit the verses before a forceful chorus brings waves of distortion and a more impassioned vocal style to bear. One with The Night rounds out the three track EP from the Nashville quintet, it boasts a more forceful style on the verse and maintains the energy levels over the course of the track, for me the more aggressive style, and the fact this didn’t follow the same template as the previous two songs, marks this out as the stand out track.

Foreverandnever are a fine alt rock band but I feel there is now little to distinguish them from the massed ranks, maybe it’s hard to judge a band on the basis of three tracks, but there is a somewhat repetitive feel at the core of the Promises EP. If you’re a fan of the likes of Deftones, Foo Fighters and Brand New, and for me I get a hint of New Found Glory in there as well, then Foreverandnever will be worth checking out, whilst this wasn’t exactly to my tastes I’d expect them to continue building their already sizeable fanbase on the basis of the Promises EP.

Foreverandnever‘s Bandcamp can be found here and their Facebook page is here