The EP’s first track, ‘Corruption Capital’, does start off a bit Muse – by which I mean the bouncing stomp of the drums and the central riff leans on ‘Black Holes and Revelations’ – but thankfully, there are no pianos and Marco Argiro’s vocals have a bit of grit which makes things that bit more rock than pretentious pomp.
But then ‘Backs Against the Wall’ lands like a soft slap and completely undermines any charitable optimism offered to the first track, being a completely limp piece of contemporary emo-pop in the vein of 30 Seconds to Mars. It strives for epic, anthemic but simply falls short and sounds like they’re trying too hard. Yawn. ‘Catalina’ may be a pretty bog-standard punk-pop effort but does at least boast a decent tune, for which credit is due.
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It’s not until the last track that you get a real sense of the energy of the band, and maybe, just maybe, they’ve got something…
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