Red Giant, the brainchild of popular YouTube presenter and guitar prodigy Dave Simpson, has just issued their debut single ‘Monsters’ has just been released, and it’s taken from what will be the band’s eponymous debut album out on Friday 18th October.
Simpson , who’s amassed over 135,000 YouTube followers due to his guitar tutorials and gear demos, also takes on lead vocal duties in this power trio that’s rounded out by Carina Powell on bass and vocals, and John Joe Gaskin on drums and percussion.
The band is said todeliver a unique blend of heavy rock with their debut album. Comprising elements of rock, blues, and grunge, this debut album been described as “a dynamic thrill ride from start to finish.”
You can check that out by playing the video to ‘Monsters’ right here at RAMzine, then streaming it on all streaming platforms here. The Red Giant album is more of a wait, but you can order that here.
Inspired by heartbreak, betrayal, bullying, and mental health, the album is a journey through a dark landscape supported by an undertow of defiance and resilience. Featuring powerful performances we’re told, Red Giant trip the light fantastic, firing on all cylinders and seem to be asking a lot of questions as many of the song titles on the album indicate.
Ten tracks are featured and they are: ‘Friends’, ‘Tell Me, Why?’, ‘Monsters’, ‘Was It All My Fault?’, ‘Don’t’, ‘Free Me’, ‘The Dark Of Me’, ‘What You Gonna Do?’ and ‘You Say, I Say’.
The first single ‘Monsters’ was described to us as “a dissenting lament on the increasing tyranny being imposed on ordinary people, doing their best to survive, by puppet politicians controlled by an elite whose names we do not know and whose faces we never see”. And that was before we entered into this current twilight zone where those who read George Orwell’s 1984 and thought it a training manual.
As those listening will tell you, a sombre and dark atmosphere permeates throughout the song’s short run time and pull you in with Simpson’s emotionally charged vocal and melancholic guitar.
Perfectly offset by heavy drums and driving bass. It still gives you hope that there is light in the darkness and meaning in everything. The song was written by Simpson during the lockdowns of 2020 and sadly possibly more relevant today.
Aside from the ‘Monsters’ video, you can also check out one with Simpson being interviewed on the popular Anderton’s guitar website, that generated over 539,000 YouTube views.
