Gangs - Back To School EP
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| Gangs - Back To School EP |
Release Date: 6th October
Look at them. Four lads from
Dublin with faces only their mothers could love. Still, since when have good
lucks had anything to do with rock'n'roll success? I mean, Shane McGown was
fuck ugly and he had huge success while these guys aren't anywhere near that
bad. Anyway, the music. This new EP from the Irish quartet kicks off with 'Daisy',
an indie rock love tune that owes as much to the Jam and the Kinks as it does
to the Kaiser Chiefs and the Courteeners. 'Young Employment' starts off like a
Killers tune, all choppy guitars and swaggering vocals, before showing it's
Britpop influences proudly. Title track 'Back To School' is not an attempt to
soundtrack those patronising school uniform adverts that supermarkets do in
about July before the poor kids have even had a holiday. No, it's more of a
Weller-meets-Strummer indie-punk blast of noise that the Pigeon Detectives
tried to achieve and never quite managed. 'Poison In Your Liffey Blood' is the
closing track which switches between being an indie ballad worthy of The Verve
and a steady, relentless rhythm with something of big Brucey Springsteen about
it. These guys are either indie also-rans or potential stars and it will all
come down to how many gigs they do and whether one of their songs makes the
leap in to the mainstream - my money's on 'Daisy'.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/GangsOfficial
Live Dates:
10th September - The Black Heart, London