Moon And Back EP review

If you were to listen to Three Houses Down for the very first time it would be easy to hear influences varying from Peter Tosh, UB40, Herbs as well as contemporary modern reggae and an island twist thrown in for good measure. If this doesn’t sound like you then move on, if it does sound like something you would be into then you are definitely in for a treat!

There are great vocal harmonies and melodies throughout and the overlapping musical melodies from all the different instrument sections, and there are 10 members so that’s a few sections, work amazingly together (which helped me through Sione’s Song which has no English in it so singing along was a no go for me, but still enough groove for me to get into it).

I really enjoyed the variance of tempos between songs as something a little different, it’s good to see these guys (who have been around nearly decade and are still pumping out hits like She’s My Woman ft. Spawnbreezie) being able to mix it up and show off the talent we have in New Zealand, and push their peers and fans alike to new heights.

There was a great mix of slow jams, pop orientated reggae, and an upbeat track called Sway (which happened to be my favourite of the whole album, maybe it was the sax solo that got me?) And after seeing the energetic stage performance these guys put on I’m looking forward to watching them perform these new tracks with the same high energy feel that those of us lucky enough to have seen them live before have enjoyed, here’s to another decade of irie music from New Zealand!