Review - The Rose that Poisoned the Ground by El Misti

The Rose that Poisoned the Ground is the debut track from El Misti. Going off the single artwork courtesy of Charlie Reader, if its anything to go off, the tracks going to be gritty, raw and full of meaning and emotion. Lets delve in...

The track welcomes us with an intro that is indeed gritty, raw and full of power that leads to the full band coming in and already you know the tracks something special.

The track then goes into the verse full of well-written words and a catchy guitar riff with organ accompaniment that lead us right into the catchy chorus where a nice backing vocal amps up the track to another level and then goes even further with expertly played guitar.

As the song goes into the second half, El Misty take the song further with the already powerful vocals belting out the lyrics by which time are already becoming memorised and you know they'll be stuck in your head for days to come. The guitar performance then takes it to yet another level with its deftly played raw, gritty sound.

The band then brings it all back to a personal level where its taken down to a haunted acoustic performance with a slight pink flloyd-esque reverb electric performance in the background.

Overall, the band have excelled themselves with a track full of brooding, haunted lyrics, vocals and performance. All the elements come together nicely and you never stop to question whether anything doesn't fit. El Misti here have produced a track which is an amazing gritty atmospheric classic rock track on par with Pink Floyd, but with an overall performance on a level that would make David Gilmour cry. It goes to prove that, from the outset, they mean business and leaves us all wanting to hear more. Bring it on!

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