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Armed In Advance - Single Review: Shallow
20 May 2015 // A review by tonymcdonald
The cover for Armed In Advance's (previously known as Stitches) single Shallow is so professionally crafted and polished, I was quite honestly dreading listening to the single in fear that it wouldn't live up to the gloss.
I'm extremely happy to report that it is pretty god damn brilliant, and I am now a fan of this Auckland trio.
Edgy rock guitar and bass riffs, great vocals and powerful drums makes this a pretty epic single. The quality of the recording is staggering too. I think this will be a huge success on the radio and I can't wait to hear more.
The Foo Fighters could do with listening to this before making another mediocre album.
Great work, and this will definitely remain on my iPod playlist. Looking forward to the tour in June guys.
About Armed In Advance
Since starting out in 2013 under the moniker of Stitches, AIA have released an EP (Stitches EP, 2014) and a full length (Change/Evolve, 2016), and have subsequently had the honor of 5 songs gracing the NZ rock radiowaves over that time. The most recent success of rotation play for single Same Old Story on the country’s biggest rock radio station, the Rock FM, paved the way for a debut full length album described as “refreshing… modern hard rock with a point of difference.” (Muzic.net.nz)
Change/Evolve reached #9 on the NZ album charts, and was accompanied by a sold out Auckland release show. Two tracks from Change/Evolve were deemed worthy of NZ On Air funded music video grants (Same Old Story, Running You Down).
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