The press release for this says “File under: Indie/ The Fall,” which
I wish it didn’t, because now I can’t hear anything else (and also
didn’t realize The Fall was an entire genre). Certainly, it’s not a bad
comparison when somebody could get confused with Mark E. Smith. Less
weird, more rock ‘n’ roll than The Fall, the band has a slick post-punk
sound with echoes of other Vancouver rockers. But I still can’t
separate this enough from the comparisons, and I await what this band
comes up with on their next record when they develop their own sound
some more.
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2009.
