Above us the Waves

"As soon as we heard both these demo's we thought that this should maybe have been the final. Above Us the Waves lead in with a big, booming intro, almost gothic in its portent, quickly dipping into contemplative drifting and overly-sensitive vocals. From there they display a neat grasp on texture and dynamics, songs that dink and shimmer before momentarily bulldozing everything out of the way; it's engaging if not entirely original, although singer Joe Harrison finds time to play both guitar and violin which is something akin to Cruyff's vision for total football. 'Mind For Buisness, Body For Sin' feels like a lost-at-sea shanty, a delicate folk piece that builds into a tower of noise, like King Cresote meets Explosions in the Sky. They have an ear for grandiosity as well as subtlety and they'd probably beat anyone else on this form..."
Nightshift Magazine "Demo World Cup 2010" - nightshift