The Veer Union
Against The Grain - Sampler

Universal/Motown

track listing (full album):

  1. Seasons
  2. Youth Of Yesterday
  3. Over Me
  4. Darker Side Of Me
  5. I’m Sorry
  6. Final Moment
  7. Better Believe It
  8. Into Your Garden
  9. Your Love Kills Me
  10. Breathing In
  11. Where I Want To Be
  12. What Have We Done

Level of Consciousness

8 out of 10... Perfect album for Summer/Autumn weekend beach parties.

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Review by Hawk Chavez

The Veer Union is:

Crispin Earl - Vocals/Keyboards
Eric Schraeder - Vocals/Guitars
James Fiddler - Guitars
Marc Roots - Bass
Neil Beaton - Drums

Just when my taste buds began to savour this Canadian Hard Rock band, it’s the end of the album; the sampler has only three tracks, which I think is the shortest sampler that I know of. Still, with only three tracks it’s enough to discover what this band is all about. The band centers the tracks around life experiences.

“Over Me” describes an array of hard time break ups and trying moving on about life. Earl’s vocals compelling with every word, this song does not lose it’s meaning; it stays on track to the very end of the emotions. The song “Darker Side Of Me” transmits a deep heavy mood that’s overlaid with grungy like atmosphere. Songs like “Youth Of Yesterday” and “Seasons” have been cast as ‘Radio Friendly”; the album has the party to the masses straightforward hard rock but not too hard, it abounds the sensitive side that’s not too soft that you just want to hurl something yet it’s delicate for everyone in mind.