Although Alexis Gerred has 10 years experience in the theatre, appearing in shows such as the Green Day musical American Idiot, and was more recently seen as a semi-finalist in the BBC hit show Let It Shine, he is untested as a singer-songwriter. So untested in fact, that very few people have heard any of his original music, until now.
Alexis, perhaps in part, fuelled by the response he received after appearing on Let It Shine, has written a 10 track album. It's all ready to be recorded and released, with your help! The album has been launched via a crowd funding campaign on the Indiegogo platform, where you can pre-order a digital or physical copy of the album, along with other perks, to help offset some of the costs of release. But as an unknown in the songwriting sense, Alexis had to make a splash to launch the campaign, and he has done that with launch song 'Sweet Angel'.
I was veering between Iron Sun and Five To Five as ones to watch on Let It Shine, and picked out Alexis' voice, but had no idea what to expect from this debut song. 'Sweet Angel' has an energy to it that I instantly liked, and while I don't talk about it much on here, it would be the kind of music I'd turn to if I was having a bad day with my anxiety. The uptempo beat of the music, especially when the drums kick in, works well with the message in the lyrics, especially these key lines:
How can that not make you smile and feel better inside? The vocals suit the track well, and display a different, softer side, to what can be a raw husky rock tone. On first listen I felt like I was waiting for the track to get going (having heard a soaring, upbeat, chorus as a tease), and there was the odd word sung that wasn't immediately clear, but as you can probably tell my critiques are only little things that I picked up on in 'review mode', and probably wouldn't even notice listening for fun."I can see you falling, I see you falling deeper down, I'll show you how to fly with broken wings, sweet angel" (Alexis Gerred, Sweet Angel).
It's catchy, the message (which you can find out more about on Indiegogo) comes across well, and I can imagine it will go down live, with Alexis up on-stage with band! In short, I really enjoyed this! If you'd like to find out more about the song, and the perks available if you pre-order, then visit this link - Alexis Gerred - Indiegogo Page.
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