The Beat Surrender

That’s the beauty of this job, not only do we get paid lots of money, get loads of free sex and all the drugs the postman can get through the letterbox, but we also get to discover brand spanking new shiny exciting rock bands that will one day rule the earth and play huge festivals in America that no one has ever heard of, oh, and become caring , sharing human beings, who we will then hate for becoming famous in the first place.

So get in there quick with your namedropping, tell all your friends about the very brilliant Starseed and ‘Peace Machine’ their sensational second album.

They have perfected the art of perfectly honed rifferama and married it to some great soulful lungbusting courtesy of their main vocalist Russell Spence, he has a huge, yet subtle way with a rock scream, reminding me at times of Dave Grohl.

The arrangements are tighter than a pair of Kylies pants, and any fans of muscular testesterone fuelled kick ass (yet curiously intelligent) rock music will love this.

Apparently they hail from South Africa, but are based the U.K., they’ve played the Download Festival...and survived!. All twelve tracks are just dandy, no individual favourites, they’re all good, but do watch out for the new single ‘Shine’...it will probably be your first exposure to Starseed, but I promise you it won’t be your last.