Hailing from Yorkshire, England. Cousins Jacob Stephenson and Adam Pickering are ‘Alley of the Dolls’. Releasing their debut EP, Urethane which was put together in early 2024.
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered (by Mark Roberts) it opens with a riff reminiscent of many classic rock bands that came before, Alley of the Dolls wasted no time engaging this listener from the get-go with a dynamite opening track, Broken Skies.
Transitioning into more fuzz tones and a sleazy/seductive narrative, Tear Drop definitely leaves a lot to the imagination.
Slowing things down, but only ever so slightly, at the midway mark, Lower East Side takes a more serious and gritty turn.
Ramping things back up with a more prog-rock approach, Ecliptic Plane plays like a dreamy descent into darkness.
And to finish we get taken out with Polyamory, which delivers a divine rift between fantasy and reality with epic psychedelic undertones to suit.
As a whole Urethane is a short but sweet multi-genre journey into the psyche that leaves nothing but content satisfaction from ear to ear.
8.5/10