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SHARE BUTTON Makin Waves by Bob Makin Record Roundup with Vendetta Rose, The New Black, and Pyrenesia Vendetta Rose vocalist-keyboard- ist Alec Demello, 16, has one of the best voices I’ve heard in a while, like Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes or a young Rod Stewart, but with a greater range and better phrasing. At times, his voice seems almost out of place in the young progressive hard rock band, bet- ter suited for a Stonesy roots-rock outfit, but since he writes a good NJ STAGE - ISSUE 58 chunk of the songs, I guess this is Demello’s style. And it’s very emo- tional at that, chronicling a heart and mind of darkness. The tornado-like “Silent Letter” about a suicide note yet to be writ- ten opens the emotional storm of Vendetta Rose’s four-song debut EP, Tilted Directions, and is the Makin Waves Song of the Week at AsburyMusic.com, Spotify and INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 129