Ideal Introduction
The evolution of Hull four piece Late Night Fiction has been quiet eventful. Starting out life as an acoustic looping duo in 2007, it was with ambitions of a heavier sound that the band's current line up and sound took shape, finally coming to resemble the Late Night Fiction of now in 2009. With one EP already to their name, the post-hardcore rockers are back with a little taster of things to come when their full length album, Ethics is released later this year, in the form of Polar a five track EP that works well as an introduction to the band and perfectly lays the foundation for Ethics to build upon.
Wielding snappy, jagged riffs that jut and stutter only to be sliced opened by a barrage of singing and screams, Black Watch gets things underway in a true post-hardcore way. All the trademarks of the genre are there but far from being a paint by numbers copy of music already released, Black Watch takes on a life of its own, happy to scream aggressively at you one minute before retreating into a slice of silent bliss the next; things are certainly far from predictable in Late Night Fiction's world. Pursued By A Bear meanwhile takes the time to gently seep into your consciousness, a steady wave of beats and guitars that are happy to both be at the forefront as they are to take a back seat to Phill Morris' vocals whilst Relax Please finds the band throwing everything behind the track, a hunk of hook riddled rock pummels, bruises and soothes all in little over 7 minutes. Hard hitting yet not afraid to shy away from the passion filled softness, Polar sets the scene for Late Night Fiction and should see the band finding quite a few new fans ahead of their album release in the autumn.