Vast Robot Armies - Everything New Is Old Again/Foxtrot
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| Vast Robot Armies - Everything New Is Old Again/Foxtrot |
I try not to be a judging person but if I go to someone's
house that I've never visited before I always try to take a quick scan of the
CD collection just to see what I'm dealing with. I remember a date that got
truncated upon seeing the first three CDs on a girl's shelf were a Mariah Carey
album, the best of Celine Dion and the soundtrack from Titanic. So, when I saw
that Toronto band Vast Robot Armies listed their influences to include the
likes of ELO, Supertramp, Van Halen, Fugazi and Doves I was, to say the least,
intrigued.
The first of these two tracks, 'Everything New Is Old
Again', starts off with some slightly moody synth sounds before the guitars
emerge like a sunrise and then the drums, vocals and bass all crash in at once.
This is real wall of sound stuff but with woozy, almost drunk sounding melodies
twisting out of the corner of your eye and in to full, Technicolor view.
'Foxtrot', being the other track, is more of a trad indie affair with a foot
stomping melody evoking memories of the La's, the jangle of the Beatles and the
Seahorses at their brief best. I can imagine having a cracking time at a Vast
Robot Armies gig and I get the impression they're thoroughly good fun to be
around as well. The full package, then.
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