Volcanoes - Long Live My Enemies [Single]

Self-Released

September 22, 2008, 07:17 PM

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Volcanoes are not quite as explosive as their name suggests but both A-side and B-side of this single are strong and memorable songs. “Long Live My Enemies” shows off an Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) type vocal with an Arctic Monkeys-esque song behind. The song builds from just drums and acoustic guitar into a powerful guitar driven chorus with backing vocals that compliment the lead vocal perfectly.

With the A-side being such a gem of a money making song, you’d expect the band to put one of the less commercial songs on the B-side. I personally think that there were no weak songs on the “Fruits of the Fuzz” ep so the B-side, “Gunter the Shooter”, is inevitably another strong song.

Even though the songs are good, there is never any standout part, any amazing musicianship or anything particularly original. I like the single but there’s no real attempt to do anything new and exciting. However, the band aren’t trying to be the next “Dream Theatre”, as they’re ep cover suggests, Volcanoes are just friends out to have a good time and make good music while they’re at it.

Look out for Volcanoes in the charts in the future. When piss-poor bands like “Noah and the Whale” can make it, the future looks bright for Volcanoes as they can produce an admirable single like this.

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