UK DECAY
‘For Madmen Only’
(Fresh)
Bear with me if I woffle because I’ve lost the song titles
list, but I will say that for a band called UK Decay this is
their first album. Okay? A logical enough extension of their
first class singles, one by one creeping up to the explosive
quality displayed here. You should know their implosive style
by now. If not this is the perfect place to start.
Side one has
unrelenting pace and attack well to the fore. Side two extends
into more diverse melodies, often confusingly so. One moment
thunder in your earholes, the next...piano. The bass and drums
coupling becomes yet more ruthless as this band progresses,
the guitar from that man Spon is unique by way of him retaining
five strings and the effects are kept out of despicable showman
territory, but used
instead as splashes of light and shade, and amidst the crunchy
rhythms that should send their songs into the hearts of any
self respecting Banshees/Bauhaus fans, soars the ubiquitous
vocals of Abbo, who if he has one fault it is that having found
this particular style he refuses to dismantle it or try anything
different, but no matter., this album is everything (and more)
that die hard fans were expecting, and the variety and strength
that become its major beneficial feature should win them millions
more. God knows they deserve it.
(ZigZag)
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