Scars on 45 wanted6/16/2023 No surprise then that the band has been featured on a huge selection of shows– CSI: New York, Grey’s Anatomy, One Tree Hill, Pretty Little Liars, Supernatural, The Cleaner, and Warehouse 13–and they are signed to Chop Shop Records, the label of TV music supervisor Alex Patsavas. I suppose that’s an inherent quality of very safe and pleasant tunes in this genre, but the songs of Scars on 45 are absolutely caked in made-for-tv melodrama and musical moments of revelation, perfect for a weepy primetime scene. Listening to the record for the first time it was immediately evident to me that most, if not all of the songs, were written with the ingredients for success not necessarily on the radio, but through television. It’s an album of one power ballad after another, however, they’re good power ballads, and these guys seem to know exactly what they are doing. Songs go for the quick and sure path to the listener’s heartstrings, using well established tricks of the trade from the past 20 years of radio-friendly rock. The band has great energy and superb production, but there is no escaping that they have tended towards safe music, and this is a very safe record. They have released a pair of EPs over the past couple of years, and their self-titled debut has been eagerly anticipated by many who want to see just how far the group can go. Scars on 45 is an English rock outfit with their sights set on the coveted crown of agreeable, pleasant rock, in the vein of Coldplay or Travis.
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