Res 242: new album (and name) soon
Posted by jamie on Mar 22, 2012
Our friends in Resolution 242 are getting ready to release their first “proper” album. When they do, it’ll be released under a new name, though.
They’ve sent us a lovely message to explain it all, and you can see that in full here:
We thought we’d better let you all know what is going on, as we have been pretty quiet over the last few weeks, so we appreciate your support even when we are snooping around behind the scenes!
Basically, as you may know, we are in the early stages of writing our first proper album. A real album and not a long EP, or a collection of old and new stuff….a full blown, brand spanking, full length album!
And with the idea of freshness in our minds, we have decided with the new album, will come a change in name….DUN DUN DAAA!!
We love everything we have done under ‘Resolution 242′ and we hope that you guys continue to do so also, but we feel it has run its course, and that we have changed so much since Alex and Adam dicking about on 4 tracks, from Jacky B, and not forgetting the lovely ladies Perkie and Ren, and that it is time we closed that box, and opened a whole new era! We want to thank EVERYBODY that has been involved in ‘Resolution 242′ and helped along the way, we love all the Res Fam, but its time for a new beginning!!
We will be having a new page on here, so when we launch it, we are going to need you lot more than ever to help swap over and join the new, bigger, better party! Sharing this ‘Note’ would go a long way to start that
We shall be under new management soon, and we will be posting up brand new updates, Video Blogs, Pictures, Cover tracks and alot of other things, more regularly so we can keep you all more up to date and we can do this TOGETHER!!
The next update will be the NEW NAME, we have a few ideas, but of course your input is welcome if you’ve been holding onto a Gem
We really can’t thank you enough for your support so far, but this is just the beginning, so we hope to see you all soon!
Peace!
Alex, Adam, James and Oliver
Resolution 242: 49 Million Eyes
Posted by jamie on Jan 3, 2012
Resolution 242
49 Million Eyes – Self Released, 2011
30th December, 2011
Jamie
This is an absolute joy. For starters, 49 Million Eyes, the first single by Resolution 242 is instantly enjoyable for its own sake. Second, it teases that there’s more to come. If you will, it’s at once one bird in the hand and two birds in the bush.
Here, the Res, Stratford-upon-Avon’s progressive, dub/punk-rock/hip-hop pioneers, have delivered another down payment on that rich promise that first made them one of the most talked about bands in the UK.
49 Million Eyes is immediately very distinctive: bold, and exciting in how different it is both from everything else that’s around right now and from what the Res have done before. It’s also impressively mature for a relatively young band.
They’ve boldly set out on the daunting task of bringing together all the eerie splendour and progressive influences in their dub and giving it the energy of a proper punk rock track. To repeat the trick, they’ve gone even further, embellishing the melody and drawing the song out so that all of its elements are indulged as much as they should be in a proper prog track. And then they’ve added not just a rap, but credibly incorporated a genuine hip-hop influence in to the basslines, and, in places the guitars.
When this one drops, it properly detonates. Throughout, the sound is impressively big for a four-piece. It’s got everything. Getting this wrong could easily have been terribly Evanescence, but instead it’s perfect: immensely enjoyable, credible and honest throughout and great for rocking out.
As before, there’s promise of more to come, but now Resolution 242 have raised the bar again. What lies ahead feels even greater than before.
For now, we have this to enjoy.
