The artwork for DEAD NEXT DOOR is prominently based on Soviet Propaganda Art. Lovely! So are these guys rebels fighting for social justice? Do they have an important message to bring to the masses? Anti-globalisation? Environmentalism? Equal rights for ethnic-minority-lesbian-disabled-single-mums? [We may have wandered into the realms of Chumbawumba at this point].
No. They’re going to sing songs about being stuck in their bedrooms, and then moan a bit about unsatisfying relationships. Okaaaay. You get the feeling that these are perhaps the type of people who wear Chè Guevara T-Shirts, without a clue as to who he actually is.
So, to describe their music in five words: U2 Edge-Guitar-Screeching-Riffs in A-minor. That was more than five. I appreciate that.
The “Time To Fight” E.P is inoffensive, radio friendly and very formulaic – in fact on listening to the six tracks that comprise “Time to Fight”, I found it hard to discern one song from the other because they all seemed to be in the same (minor) key. And what exactly is it time to fight? Your Mum? Your girlfriend? Western Imperialism?
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Although to their credit they’ve had a couple of tracks featured on the soundtrack of the cult film Splinter, which is impressive. But that doesn’t take away from them sounding very much like a cross between Bloc Party and Coldplay – with the same penchant for vague meaningless lyrics set against epic(ish) music.
Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnd.
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