“Speak Up” is the latest single by Order Of Owls, a Melbourne-based alternative rock quintet. It is their second song, serving as a perfect follow-up to their debut, “Freedom(ination),” released earlier this year. Soundwise, perhaps Order Of Owls mostly rely upon the fundamentals of a modern alternative rock sound, but you will notice how some other complementary music genres found their way into this sonic equation. The band fully stacked “Speak Up” with some of the finest properties borrowed from nu-metal, post-hardcore, alternative metal, modern metal, grunge, and modern hard rock. These additional elements serve as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details that unquestionably uplift this track on an entirely new level, while Order Of Owls remain loyal to their primary sonic direction. Therefore, these experimentations resulted in a magnificent composition that will satisfy even the pickiest fans of modern alternative sound.
As soon as you press play, you’ll notice how Order Of Owls thought about even the tiniest details while writing, composing, recording, arranging, and producing this song. “Speak Up” has a perfect song structure where every segment comes with so many cleverly assembled, detailed instrumentations, where every band member showcases experience, knowledge, skills, talent, ideas, and musicianship. Of course, flawlessly performed vocal performance serves as a centerpiece, emphasizing all the instrumentations and decorating every segment. These vocal harmonies perfectly glide over low, mid, and high notes, providing a layer of complexity to an already intricate song. The guitars shine from scratch to finish with wisely arranged riffs, chord progressions, harmonies, melodies, themes, and leads, offering a perfect backdrop for vocal maneuvers. You’ll also notice an equally complex, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines lurking right beneath the guitars, providing more than necessary heaviness, depth, and clarity. The outstanding drumming performance dictates dynamics, groove, and pace with energetic, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics.
Every band member plays a significant role in this fine piece of sonic artistry, so you’ll have a fun time listening to this track. Although Order Of Owls incorporated many intricate instrumentations, you’ll notice this track is so easy-listening and immediately gets into your ears. Anyone even remotely into writing, composing, and recording music knows that’s a difficult task to achieve, so Order Of Owls completely nailed it in my book. You should immediately put “Speak Up” on your radar because it’s one of the best modern alternative rock songs this year that will quickly end up on your playlist. The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!
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