Spring Offensive - Speak
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| Spring Offensive - Speak |
I'm not a fan of 'scenes' in
music as it all just seems like an easy way to group bands together for the
sake of selling t-shirts and posters. However, there definitely seems to be a
movement of articulate, intricate and carefully crafted indie bands haunting
the airwaves at the moment. From the Maccabees and Foals to Dutch Uncles and
Everything Everything, there are some great bands at various stages of their
careers which, inevitably brings more in their wake as people try to copy the
blueprint for success. I'm not suggesting for one moment that Spring Offensive
have been this calculating but they certainly fit in to that 'scene'. 'Speak'
is all angles and off-kilter beats with lyrics about that oft-cited problem of
man's inability to communicate his feelings. The danger with genre, whatever
it's called, is that it walks a fine line between being genuinely captivating
and being, well, Coldplay. Spring Offensive are aware of this danger and
despite a few wobbles they stay on the right side of the balance beam....just.
There is also a remix of this single available from Tyde which is, well, let's
just say it sounds like it's been done by a 12 year old who has discovered the
Chipmunks and the pitch bend function on his laptop. The remix does nothing to
improve the song - surely the point of a remix - but even without hearing the
original I can't imagine thinking this would be worth listening to in its own
right.
More information: www.springoffensive.co.uk