Late of the Pier
Somehow, I wasn’t quite impressed with these guys at first, but after sitting on my hard drive for a couple of months now, they have entered vigorous rotation.
“Suicide is in my blood, It always was. But it doesn’t evaporate in the light any more!” sneers Sam, as the funky, Gary Numan keyboards pulse in the background through Space And The Woods. The breakdown is an awesome drum solo, gurgling synths and Sam stumbling through, “I’m not gonna cry ‘cos I don’t care”. Easy to dance to and it’s easy to sing to. What else do you need?
Broken starts off with a solo reminiscent of classic rock, as it sweeps into another incredibly catchy riff mixed with a hard bass line. Everything stops as Sam sings to a spluttery, echo buzz “Didn’t sleep last night, Couldn’t calm down!” Pretty much the moto of all their songs, just one continues party. At the end comes another amazing solo, which would be not out of place in the 70s.
Like MGMT, but they can write more than three great songs and they are more majestic, imaginative and epic. Late of the Pier’s electronica-mixed-with-rock debut is definitely on my Christmas wish-list.
