Review by John Cooper
Listen Up Manchester album rating 6/10
A couple of listens in and the new Peace album already feels
very familiar – yes the songs are memorable, catchy and at times anthemic all
of which help draw you into a new album, and with this being a debut album, a
new band. However, a big part of Peace’s familiarity comes from the fact that
their influences are heavily stamped all over “In Love”. Making notes for this review, my notepad
reads like a list of bands that certain tracks soundlike – Oasis, the Cure,
Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, Happy
Mondays, Blur, Charlatans, Smashing Pumpkins & even the Beatles (just
listen to California Daze) are all scribbled down. Don’t get me wrong this doesn’t make it a bad
album and with a touch of that math-rock sound it brings it a bit more into
this century, it’s just a shame they don’t really bring anything new to the
table, considering their hype as being one of the new bands for 2013. It does have a lot of well written upbeat
songs that will keep you going back for one more listen though, the highlights
of the album being “Lovesick”, “Wraith”, “Delicious” & “Toxic”, so if you
want to go and have an enjoyable (just over) half hour full of good melodies and
more than a touch of nostalgia then…… all we are saying is give Peace a chance.
(sorry couldn’t resist that line!)
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