The Suffrajets- Worthy! single review
The Suffrajets- Worthy! single review
Originally posted at http://www.disordermagazine.com/article.php?id=230
If there’s one positive thing to be said about the cheap thrills media circus that is Pete Doherty and his band Babyshambles it has to be the fact that former drummer Gemma Clarke got out. She’s the smart one, because having Doherty out of your life must bring a certain amount of calm and peace of mind that just doesn’t seem to exist in Pete’s general area of being. One thing he does ensure however is attention and therefore album and ticket sales, something that Gemma will now have to achieve purely on musical terms with her pre-Babyshambles band The Suffrajets.
‘Worthy!’ is the first offering in the band’s new era, and just to make Gemma feel at home they’ve thrown together a tune that sounds just like Babyshambles from start to finish. The clean electric guitar that establishes the rhythm is of the same sluggish jaunt as ‘F*ck Forever’ but none of the charm, whilst the main guitar hook has a horrible habit of getting lodged in the brain with intent to annoy rather than entertain, something made all the worse by it’s incessant repetition that seems to suggest the lead guitarist can perform no other lick.
On top of this we have a vocalist who insists on singing with a forced croak that is begging so desperately to be accepted into the sleaze rock elite it’s actually embarrassing to listen to. Whilst some may enjoy ‘Worthy!’s’ swinging beat most, like me, will find it monotonous and pretentious.
3/10
Released June 26th on Beyond Bedlam Recordings
26 Jun 2006 by Matt S.
Originally posted at http://www.disordermagazine.com/article.php?id=230
If there’s one positive thing to be said about the cheap thrills media circus that is Pete Doherty and his band Babyshambles it has to be the fact that former drummer Gemma Clarke got out. She’s the smart one, because having Doherty out of your life must bring a certain amount of calm and peace of mind that just doesn’t seem to exist in Pete’s general area of being. One thing he does ensure however is attention and therefore album and ticket sales, something that Gemma will now have to achieve purely on musical terms with her pre-Babyshambles band The Suffrajets.
‘Worthy!’ is the first offering in the band’s new era, and just to make Gemma feel at home they’ve thrown together a tune that sounds just like Babyshambles from start to finish. The clean electric guitar that establishes the rhythm is of the same sluggish jaunt as ‘F*ck Forever’ but none of the charm, whilst the main guitar hook has a horrible habit of getting lodged in the brain with intent to annoy rather than entertain, something made all the worse by it’s incessant repetition that seems to suggest the lead guitarist can perform no other lick.
On top of this we have a vocalist who insists on singing with a forced croak that is begging so desperately to be accepted into the sleaze rock elite it’s actually embarrassing to listen to. Whilst some may enjoy ‘Worthy!’s’ swinging beat most, like me, will find it monotonous and pretentious.
3/10
Released June 26th on Beyond Bedlam Recordings
26 Jun 2006 by Matt S.
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