The Story So Far - Are You Ready?

self-released

September 4, 2008, 04:54 PM

The Story So Far seem to be striving to get as close as possible to radio friendly tunes that just make you want to sing along. The chorus as ever is instantly addictive and they’ve got the sort of cheesy sounding riff that will surely fill dance floors at school discos for years to come. Not that there’s anything wrong with that at all, on the contrary it’s quite refreshing that a band are setting out on their own initiative and not following trends or trying to be the next big thing in the alternative music scene.

These boys have come a long way from being that sort of band who crowded the local Welsh scene. They have always stood out above the rest, but now they're setting off in their own direction. To their credit I don’t think any other band is doing what they do and doing it as well as they do.

That’s the positives, now for that holy grail of freedom of speech and reviewing with honesty: my opinion. To be honest, it’s not "all that" as far as my taste in music goes. Once you’ve heard one TSSF song you can be mistaken for thinking you’ve heard them all. There’s nothing wrong with the fact they have their own sound, and it’s surely reason for many of their most loyal fans loving the band, but it doesn’t quite work for me. It’d be nice to hear the boys pushing themselves a little more rather than settling with the formula, which undoubtedly is working for them.

This single in its self is good and is a singalong number, but it’s not really going to give you anything new if you’ve heard TSSF before. Chances are if you have heard them before and you didn’t like them then, this is going to go straight over your head. If you like them already then you’re going to love this single and play it 'til the CD wears out or your speakers/headphone blow up...enjoy!