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The Cooper Temple Clause: Let's Kill Music

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by Michael Clarke
  • Type: Single
  • Release date: 17/09/2001
  • Label: RCA
  • Buy Now: Amazon UK
Even if you haven’t already heard this Radio 1 play-listed tune from Reading’s much-talked about up and coming youngsters, you should be able to guess from the title that this is not quite the ‘nu-acoustic’ middle of the road song we’ve become all to familiar with. Fast, furious and filthy MC5-esque guitars and unusual effects, this has been, for many fans, the highlight of the bands live sets for months now, and its not hard to see why that’s the case, even if it doesn’t quite lend itself to the studio as well as on stage. Cos' boy can these make a noise.

This the first unlimited release from The Cooper Temple Clause, following on from the massively impressive set of releases the ‘Hardware EP’ and the ‘Warfare EP’, and the lead track follows its predecessors in the loud, angry and punky mode. Although not a fantastic jaw-dropping release its more of a taster for what is to come from Britain’s most exciting bands. It’s all too refreshing to hear a band who can make noise without having the urge to rap and shriek throughout, in order to guarantee any attention.

“We dare you to mean a single word you say” is perhaps a dig at the many Buckley influenced bands who try the old emotional vocals and lyrics whilst selling bucket-loads of records in the mean time. TCTC are more focused on creating new, and more importantly, exciting music. “Feel free if you can to try and change your mind”. Oh we have.

  • The Cooper Temple Clause 8 / 10

The Cooper Temple Clause - Let's Kill Music

New and exciting? MC5 influenced? What's it to be? Personaly I think it's much harder to write a genuinely emotoinal song than just make ots of noise about websites(?) like this does. And it's not as good as "Panzar Attack". Although the artwork is fab.

Re: The Cooper Temple Clause - Let's Kill Music

Does it rip off 'Popscene' as much this time or have they tried a bit harder not to make it as stylelessly obvious?
Or why don't they just not bother? It'd mean the shit supporting them on tour wouldnt have said opportunity either [eg, Minute Man]

Re: The Cooper Temple Clause - Let's Kill Music

Let's face it folks. The Cooper Temple Clause are nought special. But they try.

"Cooper Temple Clause are nought special..."

..coming from the guy who thinks starsailor are the best band in the world ever!!!!

Re: "Cooper Temple Clause are nought special..."

aye, but they shit all over the Cooper Temple Clause ... at least in something like 'Alcoholic' you can actually hear the song ... not so with 'Lets kill music'

Re: "Cooper Temple Clause are nought special..."

But all Starsailor can do is soppy guitar ballads. And Coldplay, Elbow, Radiohead, The Verve do it so much better. TCTC don't stick to the one genre as you'll find if you've heard the Hareware and Warfare EPs. The quality is there aswell, just not as commercial as Starsailor.

"All Elbow and Radiohead can do is..."

...soppy guitar ballads."

Not at all (check Bitten By The Tailfly, Coming Second, Idioteque, JUST, etc.) and they certainly both make Starsailor look crap.

lol

Good thing no-one reads this far back on the boards, in my 1 am daze i seem to have picked a fight with someone who agrees with me!

I'd place being shat all over

on a similar level to listening to either band :P

And as for "them at least TRYING"...hell I'm fucking certain there's millions of bands out there who do TRY, and try their hardest. But they're still no-level shite. And it makes the fact they are still shite despite trying makes them no more tolerable in my book. And there's WAY too many of them .

Get serious kids!

Re: The Cooper Temple Clause - Let's Kill Music

ok fair enough, to back up your point you just name me a new band who are influenced by nothing. face it its not possible to be influenced by nothing really is it.




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