Review - Lauren Louvre

Genre - Progressive/Post-Hardcore

Band Members -
Carlos:Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Ian:Lead Guitar/Vocals
Dan:Synth/Keys/Screams
Josean:Drums/Samples


I found this band pretty recently on Myspace...and I gotta say they're quite awesome. Awesome enough that I decided to review them for my first one on this here site. They're a great, great band drawing influence from more progressive stuff and some post-hardcore as well.


The music itself is quite well written...lots of fairly complicated, spacey-sounding guitar parts, the occasional abrupt shift in time signature and just generally unusal time signatures. The vocals are absolutely wonderful...Carlos has a lot of talent, and the screams are also wonderful...they don't sound out of place at all. They happen just when they need to and sound excellent.

These guys are definitely a good band to chill out with...but they can also be intense, if you're in such a mood. There's a few different ways you can take the sound depending on your own mood. And the lyrics are also great stuff, they fit the music quite well.

I can see these guys going places...especially if they end up at Warped this year as they are aspiring to. Definitely a band that deserves a whole lot of attention, and hopefully they will get it soon enough. A lot more original than a lot of the stuff that's on the TV/radio at the moment...and worth more than just one listen.

Check 'em out, yo.

Myspace URL: http://www.myspace.com/laurenlouvre

Reccommended Tracks: "All Is Gone", "You've Got a Problem", "Question Marks"

Go listen now!

~Tony~