One of a bunch of very special early 80’s Liverpool bands,
these guys have reformed and released this album in 2011. I was really looking
forward to it as it came heavily recommended, and you find me a better
Scouse-based single of that era than Revolutionary Spirit and, well you will
struggle despite the plethora of aceness it had to compete with back then.
Unfortunately though, this album is just a tad average. In
theory it does lots of things I like, and does them very well. But it lacks any
surprises, and some of the lyrics are more than a bit cheesy, harking back to
the England of the band’s glory days and, on the song When Time Stood Still,
name-checking what I assume are some of the writers’ favourite songs and bands
from “back in the day”. Yeah that’s what the problem is, it is just too damn
retrospective and too respectful of that era.
Tell me I’m being too harsh on them if you like, but I just
need a bit more from a new album these days.
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