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Locksley - Don't Make Me Wait
Feature Records
One of my best
see-the-CD-at-the-record-store-become-intrigued-by-the-cover-and-then-buy-it
finds ever is the new album by the band Locksley. No doubt
grabbing their name from Robin Hood lore, the band makes good on
it's choice of moniker by somehow stealing hooks from out of the
air before lesser bands can get them and using them for their
own marvelous songs and giving those songs to us poor
music-starved bastards. I say good show! This only proves what a
truly honorable bunch of rapscallions these lads are to brighten
our days like this!
Rarely has a young band impressed me this much. The
Strokes were the last band to do it and, to be honest, this
album makes the Strokes' first CD sound like a tuneless mess.
This CD is that good. Every song is a keeper, with the band
managing to work in a ton of influences from Television to the
British Beat groups of the '60's back to The Cure with a little
pop/punk thrown in as well. After playing it like twenty times
in a row I decided to give this album one of my "Tests of
Greatness". After I am already enamored of an album and believe
it to be great I then take it and pop it into my car stereo to
listen as I drive. If the album has me singing along and rocking
while I drive it's an all-time keeper deserving of a permanent
spot in my collection and one I will brag to all of my buddies
about. Let me tell you, this album had me grooving and rocking
so much I almost forgot I was driving, though that bus full of
nuns sure figured it out!
Sorry gals!
The one fault I can throw at this album is that the
lyrics to these songs are pretty simple. I can envision that
statement throwing people off and making them a little bit wary
about buying this album but don't let it. Believe me, the
simplicity of the lyrics is just a minor point as I feel no
album is perfect. Now, I am about to do an heretical thing and
talk about the Beatles and Locksley at the same time, but I am
not comparing them....not really anyway. It's just, in this
instance......well, you'll see what I mean. Just like the
Beatles' first two albums, the lyrics are a little simplistic in
spots. In both cases, it has mostly to do with where the band is
in its' development. Locksley is a group of young guys just like
the Beatles were when they started. The limitations of both
bands' life experiences (or their current ability to recognize
them and relate them) is what's at fault, not their talent or
their potential. I am not shitting you when I say this album
makes me fucking giddy. I can envision what this band can
eventually become and it is phenomenal. It's been a while since
I've discovered a new band that makes me so hope they don't
break up. Every, and I mean every, song will make you feel
energized and rocking. Green Day sound like geezers compared to
these guys. I can't go on....you gotta buy it......top of the
year end list.....damn, gotta go play it again!
This CD will appeal to fans of modern rock, music fans
who like tuneful punk like Green Day, Beatles fans and fans of
'80's alternative rock as well. I mean, this band has it all
going for them. I am really astonished at how good this album is
and how good a sound the band was able to come up with on their
own without any major label help or even a large indie's
bankroll. This should appeal to everyone except music snobs with
a stick up their ass. - Scott Homewood
www.bandoflocksley.com
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