Release Date: 09/08/09Genre: Alternative rock
I downloaded this on a whelm. I love it when I do that.
Review: I was reading around on the internet for whatever info I could use to help me review this album, and some places stated that this album is overproduced and it lost it's rawness. Well I can't find those pre-album stuff so I can't compare. I also thought it was funny that my top 3 tracks are from previous singles they released already. That's not really saying much is it.
I've always been displeased with vocals with strong accents (Ex: any britpop band). It just doesn't sound pleasing. Frightened Rabbit helped me accept Scottish accents easier, but the vocals for Glasvegas get a little uninteresting, especially in the final 3 songs. I do enjoy how the transitions are a little shoegaze. It's so weird how he adds a children's nursery rhyme in the first song.
So the first 7 songs are fairly enjoyable. Any type of rock fan should find some enjoyment in them. Maybe I'm in a different mindset currently, but I went from really liking it on the first listen to thinking this was standard unspecial alt-rock in the second. Still nice.
Summary: A very promising debut, but it gets tiresome after a few listens.
Key Tracks: It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, Go Square Go, Daddy's Gone
Rating: 7/10
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