When you first go to Scarlet Kill's main page, there
are three videos, one of which ("My Dear") shows the lead singer with
his face covered in blood. Between that and the name I assumed that it would be
some sort of metal or hard core band.
Instead, the video for "My Dear" follows
the crash that ends the video for "Don't Wake Up", where a young
couple had been driving along blissfully right up until the blaze of lights and
shattering glass.
That immediately reminded me of Brand New's video
for "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows", but also many '60s
ballads of young love being cut short by death. Those seemingly disparate
musical moments have intersected before, like when Pearl Jam covered "Last
Kiss".
Scarlett Kill falls a little closer to the 60s
sound, though it does not appear that all of their songs have fatal themes. It
still tends to be more melodic and earnest than punk (without sounding quite
emo, either). Bands they cover include
Ed Sheeran, Goo Goo Dolls, and Green Day, so still going back and forth between
sentimental and punk.
Songs are well performed and the band (composed of
friends and brothers) appears to be having a good time. They may still need to
dig a little deeper to find their own unique sound.
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