RGG May 2015 - p.37
The duo of Kirk Shuttleworth on lead vocal &
guitar and Steve Norton on lead guitar were
joined by Marc Harris on drums and Steve
Knight on bass last July and following intense
rehearsals made their live debut shortly
afterwards in September Prior to this all of
them had pedigrees in former outfits with both
Kirk and Steve Norton being drummers for
Martyr De Mona and Blood Moon Sirens
respectively Marc was drummer with Regis
and Steve Knight played guitar for And She
Said As you can see by this the band are all
proficient on different instruments and Fires
That Divide’s initial early gigs prior to last July
were as an acoustic duo Since then the band
have played at many venues such as The Slade
Rooms and Katie Fitzgerald’s plus they also
sold out the Birmingham Academy
With a combination of a Led Zeppelin
influenced rhythm section and leaning towards
an overall sound reminiscent of the harder end
of early
’s “grunge” (think Seether
Soundgarden Alice In Chains Stone Temple
Pilots ) it’s refreshing that the e p does not
directly sound like any of the bands I’ve just
mentioned With all band members
contributing to the song writing process the
individual influences have combined to create
something pretty unique And whereas in a live
situation they don’t hesitate in going for the
jugular the e p is a different beast using the
studio as an instrument best demonstrated on
the slow burning opening track ‘First Point Of
Call’ which certainly justifies the six and a half
minute running time The pace is taken down
with next track ‘No Hidden Scars’ yet builds
again with third track ‘Sexy Chocolate’ (a title
suggested by a crowd member to the then
un named song which has (ahem) stuck) I
hope a full album won’t be too far away as the
e p promises a varied and interesting long
player
You can download the EP from I Tunes &
Amazon and get in touch with the band on
their Facebook page The CD is also available at
these forthcoming gigs:
Celebrating Years
r
gg
since
1995
In less than a year,
Fires That Divide
have made some
serious inroads into the local music scene and it seems
that a national breakthrough could be just around the
corner now the band have issued their first EP.
KIRK-VOCALS&GUITAR
•
STEVEN-GUITAR
•
KNIGHTY-BASSGUITAR
•
MARC-DRUMS
BONGO
BRYAN
02/05 – Katiesfest at Katie Fitzgeralds
03/05 – Mayday Meltdown, Wilson Hall,
Windmill Hill, Colley Gate
13/06 – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham
11/07 – The Haygate, Telford
