"Requiem are a new young band from Boston. Their debut EP All The News That's Fit To Print is out on April 27. Because they are young the lyrics reflect a different view than what we might be used to.
The group sound has a bed of loud guitars but it's slicker and leaner. You get a sense of the control they have. There are subtle differences that make them stand out. One of those is the singer who again uses control of her voice. There's no yelling. The vocals have tone and you can hear every word.
The drumming is strong and the fill ins are very tasteful. All this is very exciting for any group, never mind a young new one. They just seem so natural, it's got to last and hopefully get some traction with these excellent songs.
"Turning (Inside Out)" has a hook in the chorus that it works up to. By the end you want to listen to it again. Pay attention to the voice.
Notice how the singer articulates the words "fatal", "table", "Stable" and "unable" to make the rhyme stick out in the first chorus. This is how she gets attention with subtly and not volume."
“From their eccentric theatrics to their setlist of songs they knew we couldn’t resist singing along to,
it felt like Requiem was letting the audience in on an inside joke they had curated so preciously between themselves.
Their energy was contagious, spreading to the timid crowd and melting their inhibitions away.”
From: Welcome Requiem: Lets Reignite "Fangirl-ism" - Grace Abdayem (Dec 14, 2024), Together Outrageously