The Devil's Conspiracy - Live Or Lie [Single]

End Of The Trail Records

March 24, 2009, 05:51 PM

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The most rock and roll introduction to a song yet to blast out of 2009? Quite likely.

Make sure that your air guitar fingers are warmed up as necessary before listening to ‘Live Or Lie’ by Portsmouth’s The Devil’s Conspiracy. Unfortunately however, the rest of the track doesn’t really live up to the excitement of the full on cock-rock essence of the opening riff.

For me, the real problem is that it’s just not great. It’s as simple as that. I’ve heard A LOT worse music than Live Or Lie but also I’ve heard considerably more tracks that are better. Perhaps I should have known not to expect too much after reading a quote on their MySpace page from the metaltastic Kerrang! Radio describing the band as merely ‘alright’. Guys, this isn’t really something to be proud of – for me, rain, ham, Nottingham and McFly are ‘alright’, but they are not quite sunshine, steak, Paris and Queen. Another big factor is the overuse of American accents. I understand that Portsmouth is a port town but as far as I know, it’s not an American colony so get over yourselves and please, please, please claim some sort of originality.

Live Or Lie is not a terrible song (there’s your mediocre quote guys), but maybe that’s the problem because at least then I’d have something to remember it by. If The Devils Conspiracy want to be remembered by listeners then they really need to start focusing on writing catchier songs that are unique; or certainly slightly different at least.

Copying American pop-punk bands in 2009 is not going to get any British bands anywhere and it won’t even earn an ounce of respect from industry insiders either. It’s currently not marketable and there’s no demand for it because it’s a flooded market – you do the maths.

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