There seems to be constant battle in rock music between America and the UK. One does one thing, and then a load of bands from the other side of the pond rehash it and give their version of it. It was inevitable that the Brits would eventually try and tap into the seemingly lucrative, yet utterly preposterous Emo market. For this is surely part of the onset of British Emo.
'Do You Feel Safe' is an earnest, commercial rock song, full of pain, suffering and the need to thrash about on a guitar. It's quite epic and is looking to follow on from the success of Biffy Clyro, which can never be a compliment. It's better than 'I Was A Cub Scout' (who offer a much more lackluster version of this type of pained, Snow Patrol for Kerrang readers genre) but so are most things.
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B-side 'Listen, Don't Panic' is the sound of Hundred Reasons being haunted by the arrival of their first pubic hair. It's supposedly tortured and unhappy, but it doesn't either rock enough, or tug at your heart-strings. It's pain from someone who has never suffered - and when you're trying to appeal to teenagers who want to believe in something, to achieve that you must be authentic.
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