Robbers on High Street - Fine Lines
Robbers on High Street
Fine Lines
2004 New Line Records
I guess this is an EP of sorts (only 6 tracks, which I guess is EP length these days) of a band that mines the same territory as Interpol, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. In some ways this is just as enjoyable as anything by those groups, and it also suffers from the same weaknesses. It is well constructed, post-punkish and pop, accessible and hipster and at times unabashedly catchy.
They stick to the basics: keep it sweet, short, and to the point. The mix is clean but a bit thin in spots. There are some real pedestrian cuts, most notably A Night At Star Castle (which sounds as stupid as its title) but How It Falls Apart is a nice mid-tempo retro ride of crunchy guitar noise and a straightahead beat. Songs like Opal Ann and If You Let Me In sound like they are trying to emulate the aforementioned bands a little too much and a little watered down, but then again, hose aforementioned largely strike me as trying to sound like watered down versions of Television and the simpler side of Iggy Pop half the time, so its 3 of one, a triology of the other I suppose. Debonair has a hint of The Fall in there somewhere, and that works for me I suppose.
It is a decent release especially if you can find it for the price that I did: 1 Dollar.
Fine Lines
2004 New Line Records
I guess this is an EP of sorts (only 6 tracks, which I guess is EP length these days) of a band that mines the same territory as Interpol, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. In some ways this is just as enjoyable as anything by those groups, and it also suffers from the same weaknesses. It is well constructed, post-punkish and pop, accessible and hipster and at times unabashedly catchy.
They stick to the basics: keep it sweet, short, and to the point. The mix is clean but a bit thin in spots. There are some real pedestrian cuts, most notably A Night At Star Castle (which sounds as stupid as its title) but How It Falls Apart is a nice mid-tempo retro ride of crunchy guitar noise and a straightahead beat. Songs like Opal Ann and If You Let Me In sound like they are trying to emulate the aforementioned bands a little too much and a little watered down, but then again, hose aforementioned largely strike me as trying to sound like watered down versions of Television and the simpler side of Iggy Pop half the time, so its 3 of one, a triology of the other I suppose. Debonair has a hint of The Fall in there somewhere, and that works for me I suppose.
It is a decent release especially if you can find it for the price that I did: 1 Dollar.
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