The Men - Open Your Heart
Gone is the raw, snarling anger that drew in so many aurally-damaged fans: this is The Men indulging their inner college rock.
- Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
- Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional to the Heart
- Tribes - Wish to Scream
- "More bands should split up" - Brett Anderson opens up to DiS about the return of Suede
- CocoRosie - Tales of a GrassWidow
- Laurel Halo - Behind the Green Door
- Frankie & the Heartstrings - The Days Run Away
- Drowned in Manchester #15 – May 2013
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certainly
influences are worn on sleeves here, most notably for me Sonic Youth & Spiritualized, but that doesn't take anything away from the fact that its a very enjoyable, and enjoyably loud, record.
Strange, I really don't hear either of those but they seem to be the touchstones for every other review I've read
I want to clear up: this is a really punchy enjoyable record and I will listen to it a lot this year. But I can't really justify giving it higher than a 7 (tbh this is why I hate having to give numerical scores) because it doesn't really do anything new nor does it really give you that rush of 'damn, what was that I just heard'. I guess part of me thinks that in a few years no-one's going to look back on this record and think, wow, what a classic. Leave Home maybe. But Open Up Your Heart feels like a record to enjoy here and now...
Perhaps Turn It Around reminds you of Husker Du because they had a song of the same name on Warehouse: Songs & Stories
Whilst I agree with much of what is said in this review, I think it's worth an 8 at least. I don't think it's so far removed from Leave Home as you suggest; yes it's more melodic as a whole, but Animal and Cube rock as hard as anything from that record, whilst the last two songs show the band's love for Spacemen 3 remains undiminished. Just like Leave Home, I think it crosses different strands of punk and indie rock quite expertly.
I thought thet sounded like Swans at times
i like this band a lot