You have to love a song that wastes no time in getting on with the job at hand, especially when the job at hand is firing off salvos of post-grunge incendiary sonics and pummeling beats. ‘Above the Roof & In the Tree’ is such a song, and Zegovia are up to their neck in big sounds and in-your-face sonic attitudes before most bands have even begun their carefully crafted, unnecessarily ornate eight-bar intro.
Bang! We’re off. Hang on tight, this may get bumpy. We’re going in!
Running on an abrasive pop-punk groove, the song is soaked in big riffs and depth-charge basslines, clever interludes and tsunami beats, not to mention that wonderfully world-weary vocal that leads the charge. And unlike many of their competitors, Zegovia understands that even when you are working at this heavier end of the spectrum, dynamics is key.
It is those spaces and lulls that make the crescendoes much higher, much more majestic. It is the clever runs and riffs that balance out the moments where they feel like merely charging along. Ornateness is juggled with onslaught, grit with groove, poise with power. Muscle is one thing, but it is meaningless without melody!
And what does it all mean? Well, ‘Above The Roof & In The Tree’ is both an actual childhood refuge, now seeped in nostalgia, and a metaphorical place from which to witness the transition from childhood innocence to the complexities of the adult world – or put another way, the harsh realities of growing up.
If you like what you hear, and why wouldn’t you, their second album, Nobody. Nothing will be with us soon. Make a note!
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