Balcony Bar, Dundee
10th October 2004
...Next up was Amy Hits the Atmosphere, a local band new to me, but yet another talent lurking in the Dundee shadows. A trio of guitar/vocals, bass and drums, they launched into the first track with a sea of riffing, and a good song ensued but it wasn't until the second song that I really warmed to the band, at this point my mind wandered to shades of Nu-Metal UK, a band such as Fony perhaps, only with a more anthemic, American feel to things, with a simpler song structure and some strong playing throughout.
The third track I noted as 'nu-metal country', by that it was a song that had real structure, but became highly charged as the band created a searing sea of riffs and rhythms on top - powerful but not really metallic, but seriously good stuff.
By the third track you realise that this guy's got a great voice and is delivering the songs superbly, not too up-front in the mix but easily heard, the track having a slow start but then it's full steam ahead as a slice of molten riffing Americana is unleashed on the best original song in the set.
The band ended on a rendition of Camper Van Beethoven's 'Take The Skinheads Bowling', which suited them to a tee, and that more than anything gives you some idea of the strength, style and power the band posesses - must check them out with a longer set sometime.
(from www.deadearnest.btinternet.co.uk/dundee.htm)
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