The Tricks - In The Doghouse EP (Unison Music Group)
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| The Tricks - In The Doghouse |
Release Date: 28th October 2013
OK, who's ready for some indie
maths? Four songs = an EP. With me so far? But if three of those tracks are
just different versions of the same song, thus meaning that there are only
actually two songs, does that still = an EP? Or just a single? Discuss.
This EP from Hertfordshire
quartet The Tricks is headed up by the indie stomp of 'Better' which is like Feargal
Sharkey fronting Kings of Leon and singing a song written by Vampire Weekend.
It's poppy, quirky and has a certain, awkward charm to it that will always be
appealing within British indie bands. Following on from this opener is 'The
Dead Of Night', a much darker, edgier affair to begin with before those big pop
vocals burst back in and the stadium sized riffs do their best to get along
with the bouncing bass line. And then there's another version of 'Better', the
full version we are told. As far as I can tell, the full version is just longer
at the beginning and the end so nothing to write home about. And then if you haven't had enough of 'Better', the final
track is the Bedroom Sessions version - essentially a roughly recorded acoustic
version of the song we've heard twice already. It's not that 'Better' is a bad
song, quite the opposite, but I just don't think anybody outside of the R&B
world needs to hear the same song three times on one EP - I mean, that's 75% of
a CD given over to the same song, is that value for money?
More information: http://www.thetricks.co.uk/about.html
Live Dates:
30th October - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London