Call Me Amour

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CALL ME AMOUR have an awful lot going for them as the first half of the EP goes to show. We will maintain IMFKD should be the flagship song for this band, but with time and a few more alchemy sessions, CALL ME AMOUR have a very bright future ahead of them.

The band have an EP due out soon, so the biggest task they have now is to match the amazing intensity they showed in the live arena when laying their material down to vinyl. If you get a chance to see this band in the flesh I urge you to do so, this was a pitch perfect show of the highest quality.

In their first appearance in France, this support band provides a bull's eye worthy of a huge band. Already during the second song, the singer briefly mingled with the crowd. During the third song he sees how the audience reacts and sings the whole first part of "Deeper" in complete darkness in the pit, illuminated only by the lights of the cell phones. A great moment! Right after that, a girl with a velvety voice with short hair accompanies him for a song. This is followed by a rousing cover of Firestarter (by Prodigy). Finally, they play one last song, with frontman Harry running around the hall all over the microphone to hug the audience between two verses. In short, a program in which no one seemed to be bored, involving the musicians (and not only the singer), especially the drummer, who stood on the side of the stage and used his whole arsenal of gestures to emphasize his stage presence.

It’s Call Me Amour and if you can guarantee one thing about them, it is that their music will be creative and it will have choruses that most people love.

Inspired by emotions and the love of performing and music itself, these are the first six songs to introduce anyone who hasn't seen the band to what they do. My initial go to when I first listened was that Revolution sounds a lot like a latter period Linkin Park record. The throbbing electronics behind big open chords, while the acoustic and electronic drums provide union. Though it's the vocals of Harry Radford (ex Yashin) that really makes me think of the much missed Nu-Metal pioneers on IMFKD and Girl On The Wall. He has a set of pipes that convey fragility and catharsis. There's also a massive amount of Asking Alexandria on Blackout and Drop The Knife. Pulsating NIN-like synths, alt metal riffs and massive choruses, there's a lot to like and much much more to love in the future of Call Me Amour.

Despite the sound issues at the start, this eventually turned out to be a brilliantly memorable set with more twists in it than an M. Night Shyamalan film!

We arrive just before four-piece Call Me Amour take to the stage. The venue is already packed and having been asked to arrive on time to catch this band I am intrigued to see and hear what they are all about. Their website describes them as “mixing dark electronica and sonic guitars” and the energy on stage is infectious; they have the audience engaged from the get-go. I have not seen a support act receive this sort of response in a long time.