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Go Your Own Way, it can either be words of encouragement, filled with hope, dipped in optimism, or words placed in anger in which to dismiss, to cause derision by those with an agenda to fulfil. Yet, in a world dominated by such words of anger, to find a band willing to utilise them with humour, with the expression of Black Country dominance and the backdrop of musical history behind them; it is no wonder then that Shyyne- the enthralling four-piece from Wolverhampton, have done exactly that, gone their own way and lit a path for others now to follow.

It is in the art of being, if not completely unique, then able to stand in the company of others and making them smile harder, broader, then they have ever done before, and even in a hard subject or absorbing conflict, if the measure of the music is one of the good vibe, then by going your own way is the best possible journey to undertake.

Although steeped in the genre of sleaze metal, there is something else that catches the ear other than that unique grind and pleasure, something insatiable, protruding, gleeful of the times and the band’s chance to comment upon it. In Go Your Own Way, the audience feels privy to such musical exploration, a genre in itself that seems to have lost its way over the years, finding a new champion in which to place the future upon, one that knows how to invest in itself, and more importantly, in its audience.

A new decade, a new band for the wider music appreciating music gatherers to talk about, Go Your Own Way and make anything possible, for that way stands your own destiny.

Shyyne’s Go Your Own Way is available now.

Ian D. Hall