youthmovies - good nature

It’s like they’ve put the album on back to front. Track one, ‘Magdalen Bridge’, is good when it gets going (it even has some brass thrown in - hell yeah!), but to get to the good bit you have to wade through a long, pointless stretch of noise. The kind of noise that’s usually the precursor to a ‘secret’ track at the end of an album. ‘If You’d Seen A Battlefield’ works the best in terms of their ‘adventurous blend’. And after a few listens it becomes easier for your assaulted ear drums to digest. But still, it’s not easy or for the faint-hearted - infact it could almost be the precursor to a panic attack. Oh God, how I wish Steve Lamacq was right when he described this band as “a post-hardcore brainstorming session on where music should go next.” Actually, maybe there’s a subtle message in there – because how often are the brain storming sessions presented as the finished product? Yep. I’m with ya, Steve.