Once again, PHIL KIERAN is a man whose reputation (with only two decks, apparently) precedes, having already let loose 12" singles via influential labels like Pinnacle, Kingsize and Billy Nasty's Electrix.
Anyone who's already checked out the cool "We Are Skint" compilation, meantime, will already know Phil Kieran's "My House" and realise he's struck a deal with yet another well-respected dance flagship.
Yet "My House" begs the question: why? "We Are Skint" is mostly notable for its' past successes from the likes of Fatboy Slim and the Lo-Fi's, while most of their recent so-called fireworks sound suspiciously like squibs to this writer's battle-scarred ears.
Haling from Belfast, Kieran is (maybe inevitably) being touted as the 'next' Davide Holmes, although he's got a long way to go on the strenth of "My House."
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The 12" features four versions, none of which particularly rise above the morass. The Full vocal caters for lovers of house and breaks certainly, presenting a soundclash full of strafing FX and mad, repetitive vocals, but its' relentless 4/4 pounding soon brings on a craving for something far more exotic.
"My House" is acceptable enough house-based fare and will no doubt do the business on the club floors, but somehow the Skint imprint was never about promoting the mediocre and to compromise themselves by releasing stuff with such narrow horizons seems a shame.
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