The Loud Minority is a 6-track EP by promising new band Circle Of One. 

The band have already been seen on stage supporting the likes of The Stranglers and Hundred Reasons and on this evidence it shouldn’t be long before they are headlining in their own right. 

Two things particularly impress me about this EP – firstly the production and packaging is a cut above the vast majority I’ve come across. More importantly however, is the quality of the songs. 

I’ve always believed that song quality is the ultimate defining factor in how good a band is…far more than image or even musical ability. In this respect Circle Of One have made a great start to their career with some genuinely good songs on offer here.  

The playing is good, the singing very good and the no-nonsense style, huge riffs and great melodic choruses will appeal to a wide rock audience…from melodic fans to hard rockers and also alternative type bands a la QOTSA and Foo Fighters.  There really is a little something for everyone here. 

The press blurb states that Circle Of One will appeal to fans of Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Muse, The Wildhearts, QOTSA and Therapy but I personally think there’s even more to them than that and fans of bands as diverse as The Cult and Jorn will be really impressed too.  The more I listened to the songs, the more wide-ranging the list of musical influences I seemed to detect, without ever being able to pin it down to anything like one single band. That’s surely a great sign for the likely widespread appeal of the band in the future. 

The EP is available via Casket Music and I heartily recommend it to one and all.  Alternatively head over to www.circleofone.co.uk or www.myspace.com/circleof1 and check out the latest news…I’m off there right now to check out tour dates as I reckon they’ll be brilliant live. See you there !!!!!!!!

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Track List

State Of Grace
Live B4 U Die
Your Liberty
Automatic
Hold On
Unify

Line Up

Julian Gardner - Vocals/Guitar
Rich Gardner - Vocals/Guitar
Scot Carey - Bass
Mike Harper - Drums