I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that three guys huddled round a pub table in Birmingham had said ‘Let’s start a band!’ knowing full well none of them had any real talent but went ahead with it anyway and recorded some songs.
Hearing ‘Hello, can you hear me? That sounds very good.’ to what seems to be a man speaking through a tannoy, giving this impression that this album will be worth a listen. But before you can think it through properly, that opinion might fly straight out of your head as soon as you hear the guitars and drums kick in. I don’t think chaotic, tedious and irritating are the right words for the rhythm. The vocals are just as terrible; Neal seems to be straining his voice making the song less appealing. Considering this is the first track on the album, it’s not a very good start and I hoped the album just had a slow start but I was wrong. Track five, ‘Shikata’ suddenly sounds like Neal has been smoking 50 a day along with drinking a few pints of beer to get this effect on his voice. Maybe it's the effect the band is after but for me, it puts me off the song.
As I’ve been listening to this album, I’ve noticed that each song sounds almost the same. Have I been listening to a 34 minute album? It feels like I have. The drummer, Simon seems to only know the basic beat on a drum kit. He doesn’t do any fancy drum solos or drum fills to justify his talent.
Yes they do have little fancy riffs which only last a few seconds but that’s about it with this album, there is nothing special or nothing new.
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