Erk... it's not nice to kick a puppy is it? But sometimes it does shit on the kitchen floor and things like that cannot go unpunished.
Eureka Machines are four piece pop-rock outfit from Leeds, but by all means and rights probably have the Stars and Stripes tattooed across their buttocks. Imagine California Dreams if Jake had got to write all the tunes. This collection of songs stems from looking at the Green Day book of songwriting and working out a way to make it more commercial and toothless. Lead track 'Being good is okay (but being bad is better)' is the same snotty nosed pop-punk that has been produced and imported from the US since the days of Alien Ant Farm.
'The Story of My Fucking Life' perhaps sums up the band. You would expect a title like that from an emo band, but in reality the chorus is sung rather pleasantly and you can't really see how that could provide the musical accompaniment for a teenage temper tantrum. For this is clearly aimed at a younger audience. It's Blink 182 pretending to be The Beach Boys. It's pure pop, but unlike most pop songs, it fails to repeat to fade after three minutes and 'rocks' out in a pointless fashion when the song is long buried.
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It's been well produced – too well produced. It's trying to be glossy and American, and from a bunch of Brits it's all too contrived. Sorry – you seem like nice blokes, but that may be the problem.
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