Monday 20 April 2009

My first review.

I couldn't come up with any topics so I thought I'd do a review!A year and a bit has passed by since we saw the 'grimey' indie-punk band rise from the desparingly awful EP they released in 2002 to release their fantastic debut album named "We'll Live and Die in these Towns" which went platinum and recieved quite a fair share of awards. With melodic and ballad-esque tunes pumped with enough 'power to the people' lyrics to make an anarchist blush.
So time has come again and here we have their new album named 'Music for the People' and all I can say is that I hope these people are both deaf and blind. The newly released track 'No Time for Tears' is an astonishing song but it doesn't make up for the rest of the album which can only be described as atrocious. The up-their-own-ass king himself Tom Clarke seems to write songs that need no other lyric than "f**k the government". His idea that The Enemy will bring freedom to the minds of the people that buy their stuff is almost comical and the only positive thing about the album is the ending in which we are greeted by an emotional riff from a well played bass.
It seems to me that artsits these days go through a phase. They release a crap EP, create a fantastic album, release a woeful album. MGMT, The Cribs, Death Cab For Cutie; all examples of bands which have followed this pattern. Perhaps we have to face that the generation of fantastic music has gone. The 60's, 70's and 90's are over, welcome to the age of mass produced cat turd people, hope you enjoy the next millenia. I tell ya', The Who, The Doors and The Kinks wouldn't dream of doing this sort of thing. Even bands like Pearl Jam seemed to reel out fantastic album after fantastic album. And while Ten sits on the bakc shelves of your local HMV, the polished turds of Lily Allen and Snow Patrol shine and glimmer.

Chasing Cars a rock ballad? My arse!

4/10

-Steve

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