ARTISTS TO LISTEN TO: TAKE A BREATH
Take a Breath, otherwise known as TAB by their loving fans are a four piece Alternative Rock band from Pittsburgh. The band consists of Jesse Rossi (Vocals/Guitar), Ryan Bentley (Vocals/Guitar), Luke Bickerstaff (Vocals/Bass) and Michael O’Malley (Vocals/Drums), who also produced the latest EP.
Recently Take a breath released an EP named ‘The Anatomy of a Rose’ The EP includes 5 songs all completely different but fantastic all the same. The first song from the EP is called “Loaded Conversation”. The opening of the song is one you know you want to hear live. The song is lyrically great and with the heavy beat the whole way through, you know where these boys want to be in terms of the music scene.
The second song is Anatomy, this song was released before the whole EP and it took off really well. With the catchy chorus and a great melody you will be singing the song for days! (Literally, it will be in your head within the first 30 seconds of the song). The bridge is a repeat of “I don’t know how to not break your heart” which I imagine gets the crowd going when it’s sang live and it leads up to an amazing guitar solo by young and talented guitarist, Ryan.
The EP comes to a slow during the middle. The third song “A Little Ways Down the Road…” you might recognise from the show How I met your mother but I promise it’s a beautiful song too! I don’t have much to say about this song apart from listen to it because you’ll understand what I mean straight away. “He craves love but breathes in the city like smoke from a cigarette” are extremely clever and interesting lyrics and will make you fall in love with the song even more than you are already. The Harmonies on this are also a 10/10.
With the EP coming to a close and you thinking it can’t get better, “Venomous” is up and it’s gonna completely blow you away. I’ve never found a more catchy song like this and I’m always singing the chorus everywhere. With the cheeky lyrics and chanting chorus it’s definitely one you want to hear live and that should be played across stadiums one day.
The final song from The Anatomy of a Rose is “Constellations”. If you didn’t know what you were listening to and Jesse’s voice was identical to Alex Gaskarth’s you would think this was straight up and All Time Low song. The lyrics all piece together perfectly and mixed in with the “Woah’s” throughout the song it could be a hit you’d hear on the radio. It has “We’re just kids who start fire’s, we get burned it’s alright” which are also lyrics from Loaded Conversation, the first song from the EP cleverly placed into this one too. Overall this EP is one you should totally go listen and mixed in with the great lyrics that you would see in people’s twitter bio’s and songs that should be sang in stadiums, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed by Take A Breath!
Links: Twitter: @TakeABreathBand Facebook: Take a breath Instagram: takeabreathus youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TakeABreathBandUS