Results tagged “Fear Of Music” from Birmingham Mail - Blog Rockin' Beats

Right, I'm sticking with Single File as the name for my weekly singles review. Unless I change my mind next week...anyway, here are a selection of this week's new releases reviewed by yours truly. And they will be rated against the following guide:

*****Emma Peel
****Cathy Gale
***Purdey
**Tara King
*Gambit

"Epic Last Song" - Does It Offend You, Yeah?
What a great band name. And they even surpass it on their debut album "You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into" with the fabulous track titled "Attack Of The 60ft Lesbian Octopus"!!
As for this song, it's a fantastic, mental marriage of indie and rave in the vein of the Klaxons. Although, you should get the album - that's just like one non-stop party!
****

"Hollow Man" - REM
Reports of their demise had been greatly exaggerated and this is further proof of their welcome return to form.
Album "Accelerate" is easily their finest work since the criminaly under-rated "New Adventures In Hi-Fi" and this is another great single off it - although there were probably half a dozen others that would have been even better! True legends.
****

"First To Go" - Fear Of Music
This isn't a bad song by any stretch of the imagination but it's just so similar to around a gazillion others out there.
But they appear to have named themselves after a Talking Heads album which deserves credit in itself. So they get a bonus star here. Although, if the name is a co-incidence, they lose it!
***

"Futures Gold" - The Late Greats
Are they trying to sound like The Cribs? I mean, loads of people have obvious influences in their sound but surely they can aim higher than The Cribs? Is their self esteem that low?
Having said all that, I'm probably being extremely unfair to The Cribs, having listened to his average, fairly dull effort.
**

"The Hunter's Daughter" - I Was A Cub Scout
Now this is more like it! Sounds so fresh and full up of ideas which takes it above the offerings of their peers.
And not only is the main song great, they even manage to pull off a fairly good cover of The Cure's "Close To Me" - which is no mean feat.
****

"La Rabbi Muffin" - MC Solar
Ha ha, this is what rap music needs. Hip-hop set to a near-comedy, Stereo Total-style beat! And you know what? It works, well, for me it does anyway!
I haven't the faintest idea what's going on or what he's rapping about but it gets the thumbs up from me because, well, it's just so funny - and better still, it's probably not meant to be!
****

"Miracle" - Tom Baxter
Man, can this get anymore middle of the road? Will probably end up on the soundtrack of some post-Cold Feet comedy-drama before long.
A truly wet song, one for the James Blunt or David Gray fans to get their teeth into. But I'll pass (the sick bucket).
*

"There's Nothin'" - Sean Kingston
The sole redeeming point of this song is that it's not as irritating as that awful "Beautiful Girls" (those that make you "soo-e-cidal", apparently) song.
But the sad news is, this still isn;t much cop. Here is a teenager who needs to get back to hip hop school and finish his studies...
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