There are times I get ashamed of not knowing the bands I receive, but then I realise that it’s impossible to know any Metal band in this lonely, pathetic and sad world and I feel okay. As a praxis, we always receive a release with the band’s info. In general I don’t read them because I think they are going to influence me somehow in my opinion when I listen to the songs. I confess I have never heard a thing about Emil Bulls and I was astonished to read that the band has been in action for about twenty years. A very, very long time for a band, especially when you consider the hard days we’re living for live music.
“Mixtape,“ as the name alludes, [To be reall frank I didn’t notice at first. Only when I read the release that I noticed] is an album of covers especially from the 1990s pop and some pop rock from the 1980s as Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” and Starship’s “We Built This City” the only two songs I know. Regarding to Starship’s “We Built This City” I really like Emil Bulls’s version. The others I had no clue. It would be really easy to slam Emil Bulls for the choice of repertoire. I won’t for many reasons. The most important is because I feel Emil Bulls really like what they are doing. “Mixtape” is a very honest album. One can feel the honesty and care they passed on it. What Emil Bulls did in was to give an Alternative Metal roupage to those songs. Therefore, I must say that they were really sucessfull in their intent. It takes a lot of personality to record a cover album giving the band’s roupage to it. In general, most bands try to honor their favorite bands recording juts like the way the band recorded it. It’s also a valid way.
Emil Bulls “Mixtape” was released on May 24th via AFM Records.
Track Listing:
- Survivor – Destiny’s Child
- Tell It to My Heart – Taylor Dayne
- Mr. Brightside – The Killers
- Grenade – Bruno Mars
- River – Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran
- Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
- Jesus He Knows Me – Genesis
- You Should See Me in a Crown – Billie Eilish
- Jungle Drum – Emilliana Torrini
- The Hills – The Weekend
- We Built This City – Starship
- Where Is My Mind – Pixies
- Every You Every me – Placebo
- Kids – MGMT
Watch “Survivor” official video here: