Review by Jeremy Stevens

FURTHER EARTH have leapt out of the far western city of Perth and they’ve certainly leapt with more force and confidence than you’d expect! Considering they’re such a young band, their balanced and dynamic sound may come as a surprise to some. However this is not to say the guys have no musical history, far from it. Each band member has years of experience playing with at least one other member. This is a group of musicians who know how things work and are at the beginning of something very special.

The first thing I noticed while scanning the press release for ‘Kingdom’, Further Earth’s debut EP, was that it was produced by none other than Forrester Savell. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, Savell has worked alongside Birds of Tokyo, Dead Letter Circus, and Karnivool. His work with these bands has made it clear just how valuable he is to the Australian rock-scene and Kingdom only reinforces that even more.

Further Earth merge influences together creating something very fresh and distinct. Tying in a dabble of prog-rock with softer moments – as well as head-slamming Rock-pace most evident on their title track ‘Fierce Euphoria’, everything just seems to mesh together so well. It really defines these guys from the get go. Rarely do you hear a debut EP with such consistency and flow. Nor do you hear a new band develop such an expansive sound with so many individual and truly interesting layers.

Each instrument has a life of its own, yet fits in so well to create a whole. It’s bands that can do this that eventually develop a strong fan-base in the rock scene, especially in Australia. Karnivool and Dead Letter Circus are a testament to that fact. ‘Kingdom’ has a huge amount of potential to get Further Earth very far and with a few tours planned this year I’ll wager that Further Earth will be attracting quite a bit more attention very soon. Grab ‘Kingdom’ and see what it’s all about. Keep your ears open for a tour announcement!

Check out more of Jeremy’s reviews at his blog: www.onthetune.wordpress.com

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