Far from metal

Zinc likes to soak in the blues and even reds occassionally but stays off black

Zinc likes to soak in the blues and even reds occassionally but stays off black

DELHI band Zinc is driven by an expressive axe. Akshay bends and strokes his guitar like a master taking his band to a league closed to most budding bands early on in their careers. Besides Hendrix, there's also an unmistakeable Floyd influence in tracks such as 'Last Sunset' where Akshay has indulged in a nice, long solo spot. Like every other band Zinc too protests too much they don't want to be typecast and so lose themselves in a maze of genres and styles.



From their five-track list on ReverbNation, blues is the mood that comes easiest to the band even though Soumya's vocals could offer a lot more feeling. 'Jinxed' which is a promising blues number relies on Akshay to
take it forward because Soumya's powerless vocals don't do a thing for the track.

'Night Time' limps along thanks to the same complaint.

While I love axemen stealing a shining solo here and there, it can't be used as a quickfix for every track. The point I'm making here is that Zinc has a fantastic guitarist, a mature drummer in Gautam, a bassist who desperately needs to get out of the shadows and be heard and a vocalist who needs to immediately upgrade her skills or walk out of the act.

And it would do the band a whole lot of good if they junked tracks such as 'Sunday' they have no place on Zinc's site if it's their talent they want to showcase and not highlight their weaknesses Akshay is a better guitarist than vocalist and must stay off the distortion routine.
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