So, they’ve played two Hyde Park shows with The Who and Blur, as well as sharing stages with Sleaford Mods, The Bohicas, Hooton Tennis Club, Deer Hunter, Metronomy and British Sea Power. Their debut album was produced by Mick Jones, But namedropping a diverse array of classic and contemporary names only counts for beefing up the CV: any band is only ever as good as its musical output.
It’s hard to deny the energy the crackles through this latest single offering, the propulsive drumming driving the track with serious force. It’s by far the song’s greatest strength, to the extent that it almost provides adequate distraction from the blustery self-consciously ‘cool’ rock posturing that conflates polysyllables with cleverness, repetition with groove, all while dragging in every 60s-ripoff 90s indie rock cliché.
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To clarify: this is Reef meets Oasis, with a rhythm track lifted from Robbie Williams’ ‘Let Me Entertain You’. Ready-made for the next run of ‘TFI Friday’, the 35-45 demographic who still yearn for 1997 are going to love it.
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