Now here\u2019s an interesting story. This British band that became briefly popular in the States between Britpop and electronica is best remembered (if at all) for two songs, \u201cTwisted\u201d and \u201cInto The Ocean.\u201d The latter contained a video that spoofed Bond films and got some decent rotation on MTV2 back in the day. <\/p>\n
Coming three and a half years after their first record, they came back with fresh new modern haircuts and a full grunge sound courtesy of producer Tim Patalan, best known for working with Sponge. This is a record I had not listened to since I was about 12, still a young\u2019n, but it has kind of grown on me since then.<\/p>\n
\u201cInto The Ocean\u201d is still a fantastic song twenty years later, featuring great riffs, a walloping beat, and some great vocals from frontman Will Copley. This is definitely one of the most underrated and forgotten alternative rock songs of the late \u201890s. Having not heard this record or really been able to find it in almost 20 years, I was quite surprised by it. \u201cWhy Can\u2019t I Sleep\u201d is another great rocker and showed that these guys actually had some talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cKiller In A Former Life\u201d is a detour into acoustic territory and it doesn\u2019t work, not at all. But they were able to prove that they were a bit better than their contemporaries. These guys were better than bands like Gene, Kitchens Of Distinction, or Kula Shaker. \u201cBlack Tambourine\u201d is an interesting rocker but not one of my personal favorites.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccident En Route\u201d is another great song, and this time, they make the acoustics work to their advantage. There are great harmonies toward the end as well. The band picks up the pace with some quick tracks to wrap up the disc. \u201cMe And The Stars\u201d is another acoustic, quiet number that would\u2019ve been better off as a B-side. \u201cGreen As Green\u201d is just okay but doesn\u2019t go very far. <\/p>\n
Though this band wasn\u2019t around long and disbanded sometime around 1998, this record is very admirable and better than at least 70% of the alt rock records from this era. The record has been out of print for years and doesn\u2019t appear to be available digitally, but it\u2019s a worth another listen for those who still enjoy alternative rock from a better era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[9989],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-44908","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-fretblanket","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44908"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44908"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}