Play 90 second soundbite of 'Time To Fight' @ 'CD quality'
The title track opener is a stunning piece that instantly grabs the attention; the guys turn up the heat as easy sounding vocals and 'The Edge' stylee guitar work get straight down into it and the rhythm unit drives relentlessly along. Then, as this multi-track 'single' unfolds, you quickly realise that the title track was not simply a one-off - the quality continues unabated.
These guys are good and they've formulated a style and sound that is intriguingly familiar yet quite fresh and original. The U2-esque guitar work continues unashamedly, as does everything else they do. Dead Next Door are sounding pretty damn hot. And, just because I've likened the guitars to U2, don't for one moment think we've got a rip-off going on here - no way!! Actually, Dead Next Door sound and feel just like - well....Dead Next Door actually!! The superb juxtaposition of relentless, bright guitar and the excellent, laid back vocal approach give Dead Next Door a distinct and homely feel.
Did I say homely? Well, they somehow feel like 'old friends'. The stunning and well proportioned songs skip easily and infectiously along; effortlessly churning out their lyrically superb and tightly packed, mid-weighted, rockin' 'chunes' - 'Chunes' with massive commercial appeal and exceptional potential. Dead Next Door sound very 'now'. They never seem to loose sight of things as they smoothly generate their distinctive groove with seemingly effortless abandon. Surely, 'Time To Fight' the single can't be all six tracks as presented here. Surely this is for reviewing purposes only. Isn't it? What I have here, six tracks, is mind-numbingly good. Pick any one from the six and you'd have another viable single release - bloody great!!
Oh, and what a great name, Dead Next Door! I'd hate to guess where they got that one from - but it works!!
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