Music Review: Rixton

Music Review: Rixton

Rixton, a band originated in Manchester UK, has been prospering to the top with their hit singles. Their song, “Me and My Broken Heart,” reached top spots in places like Australia, the UK, Sweden, and the US and just released their first album Let the Road. The band consist of vocalist, Jake Roche, lead guitarist Charley Bagnall, bass and keyboard player Danny Wilkin, and drummer Lewi Morgan.

The band, who was originally named Relics, gain much popularity making covers and posting the on YouTube. Rixton covered a variety of artists, from Taylor Swift’s, “I Knew You Were Trouble” to Chris Brown’s, “Don’t Wake Me Up”. After hearing Rixton’s cover for the song, “Have Yourself a Merry Christmas,” which the group covered after The Nolans cover,  Scooter Braun, who is best known as Justin Bieber’s producer, signed them to his label SB Projects. Rixton drew much attention with their song “Make Out” in which the songs music video was a parody to many popular songs like,  Rihanna’s “Stay”, Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball,” Lady Gaga’s “Applause”, Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and a Beat”, and Katy Perry’s “Roar.” The song was released on YouTube, late 2013 and reached four million views. Last March the band added to their success with their hit song, “Me and My Broken Heart,” it quickly climb up the Billboard charts reaching number seven and staying in the charts for twenty weeks. Currently the song has reached forty-nine million views on YouTube and it’s featured in the band new album, which also includes a remix to the original.

Let the Road is truly an album worth hearing and purchasing. The band’s album contains both upbeat and slow soothing songs. Rixton sings of heart-break and love, and about just being young. My personal favorite was “We All Want the Same Thing” because it was fun, preppy, and something you’ll want to dance to. I also enjoyed “Let the Road”, which is the name of the album, because it was sang in A Capella which I thought was very neat hooked me instantly. This album is perfect for audiences that like innocent, beautifully written music, which makes you fall in love all over again, songs you can relate to these songs.

The entire album is quite splendid being that it is their first. The downfall of this band is that they do not offer anything new.  They have many similarities with groups like One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer, and I wish they offered something new to the music industry. Many groups are very talented but don’t make it because they aren’t something new. When you hear a new song, the song that sticks to you are the ones that are sole and unique, something that catches you ear because of its individuality. They are a really great band, but I think that if you want to make it big in the music world you should not sound the same as everyone else. I would rate their album a four out of five just because I firmly believe that they should change up a bit and be original.

Overall, I hope to hear more from this band. They are a great band and I honestly recommend it.  Rixton is currently getting ready to go on tour with Ariana Grande on The Honeymoon Tour and just released their new music video for their song, “Hotel Celling”, which is currently on spot 38 in Billboard’s top 100.