Waste Pipes – Fake Mistake

By RingMaster Review on May 4, 2016 • ( 0 )

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According to bassist Lava, “Our history is in this record; the story of five kids who become adults unwittingly, beating harder and harder on their instruments.” Going by new album Fake Mistake, it is a history which has seen Italian rockers Waste Pipes embrace a web of varied inspirations and flavours in their own hard rock bred rock ‘n’ roll. Their ear grabbing full-length is a tenacious proposition in sound and energy, an encounter which will not be the most unique proposal heard this year but will be one of the most enjoyable.

Formed in 2003, the Rivoli hailing Waste Pipes soon began drawing attention and support with their live presence which over the years has seen the quintet share stages with the likes of Elio E Le Storie Tese, D-A-D, Meganoidi, Perturbazione, Thunder Express (ex The Hellacopters), Adam Bomb, Octopus, and Fabio Treves Blues Band amongst many more. A trio of EPs starting with Begin To Grow in 2004 also invited attention; Let Blood Boil in 2006 and Make A Move four years later pushing the band into broader spotlights within the Italian and European rock scene. With shows and tours across the likes of France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Slovenia now also under their belts, and the recent signing with Atomic Stuff Promotion for the promotion and distribution of their new album, Waste Pipes is ready to break even bigger spotlights with the pleasure giving rock ‘n’ roll of Fake Mistake.

Co-produced by Federico Puttilli (Nadar Solo) and mixed by Gianni Condina, Fake Mistake opens up with Headstrong. Straight away riffs and a throbbing bassline has ears attentive, their bait swiftly supported by the potent tones of vocalist Chris and the jabbing beats of Boe. The appetite igniting start relaxes into a more familiar hard rock stroll eventually, a presence equipped with enticing hooks and melodies though it is the eruptions of explosive energy and sonic confrontation which especially brings the song alive.

WP_Fake Mistake_cover_RingMasterReview It is a potent beginning to Fake Mistake more than backed by Fire Below, a track veined with the sonic and melodic enterprise of guitarists Kina and Guarro. Embracing blues and classic hues in its hard rock canter, it also slips into unpredictable moments of imagination to add further appealing spice to its body before Stay The Night provides a seventies scented melodic rock shuffle. Highly infectious in no time, the song swings and seduces with increasing adventure and individual craft, Lava’s great dark basslines the thick constant veining it all.

Three tracks in and the album is already showing track by track growing steps in adventure and variety, as well as impressiveness. The Loser Song is no exception; its magnetic body a weave of punk hooks, grunge melodies, and richly varied rock ‘n’ roll imagination. At times it seems to touch on Cheap Trick/ZZ Top like essences, in other moments more Houston/ The Cult flavoured mixes; it all colouring another inescapably highly satisfying encounter.

Chaos comes next, offering a melody strong tapestry of temptation over an anthemic rhythmic spine. As its flavours are broad, the song’s energy and aggression is a vibrant mix of intensity too, the song as at ease seducing ears as it is invading them with a physical hunger. It is captivating stuff instantly matched by For All The Time We Waste, a rousing stomp of blues and heavy rock with a spikiness as indie and punk as it is raw rock ‘n’ roll. Between them, the pair are the pinnacle of the album with the latter stealing the biggest plaudits.

The compelling Not Enough opens with a melancholy spiced coaxing before building up into feisty passages of energy and emotion, switching between the two contrasts throughout whilst adding further imaginative twists and turns with keys a great additive. Its healthy array of styles and creative spices is matched and eclipsed by the excellent Little Devils Scratched My Ears, another spirit and imagination rousing proposal whipping up eager involvement from the body too. Proving a creative buffet of blues grooves and sonic tendrils around catchy hooks and rhythms as Chris continues to vocally entice, the track hits the sweet spot for another highly memorable moment within Fake Mistake.

The album closes on the emotive flame of Bad Growing, a potent croon which might not have the same dramatic spark of other tracks but soon reveals its own dynamic canvas of imagination and adventure to fascinate and strongly please.

The song is a potent end to one highly enjoyable album; a release which only leaves pleasure strong and ears wanting more. A success anyone can take a shine to.

Fake Mistake is out now with promotion and distribution on all major digital platforms through Atomic Stuff Promotion and physical distribution by Andromeda Dischi.