Tenth Planet

Tenth Planet, EP

Tenth planet have a pretty hard guitar sound, and you better be able to take a little melodrama and extra echo in your vocal – Axel Rose anyone (or maybe Gowan if you’re grumpy)? The hype on this Toronto based, alternative rock act is over done. They do have intensity and passion. And an award from Umbrella Music for an MP3 submission, which was followed by Indigo Books putting this “fantastic debut disc” for sale in their Toronto stores. Since then the band has played major clubs in Toronto and scored the opening spot for Jim Cuddy over the summer at the Horseshoe. The singer doesn’t play, though he co-writes (between television commercials) and has a pleasing voice and style. But the founding guitarist ain’t too prolific - it takes a long time between projects, and so far both records are super short, with one song recycled and used for both EPs (which comes without a track listing). This disc is enjoyable, but I’m curious if and when we’ll hear from these fellas again.