Perhaps this does not belong here. It can be argued it is too poppy, mainstream oriented, or that this genre (post punk gone indie) has been way overplayed from other media. Fact is, if this band had been playing in the 80’s they could be the cure of today- and saying this without being jaded good or bad.
The exploding boy are hurrying towards success, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. It takes a certain kind of persistence to keep a band together, mostly those who do it for A*R*T don’t stick to see the ending. What cant be argued is that this is rock played in minor, gloomy radio songs or even dark rock or dark alternative as some like to say. Would have liked it if they’d included an obscure cover, some delta blues or somefink. Worth a listen, so you can have an opinion of your own, just before you see them headlining or sth in a wave gotik treffen somewhere.
Good music to do your chores, or for when you don’t want to listen to boring repetitve unoriginal difficult claustrophobic 80’s french cold wave. Besides I still listen to interpol, pretty regurarly.
http://ulozto.net/xW97rsKs/the-exploding-boy-four-rar
256kbps MP3
01.Cracked – Reasons
02.Street Cliche
03.Going to Hell
04.Dark City Pt. II
05.Runaways
06.Awful
07.Shadows
08.Always
09.Get it Out
10.Scared to Death
What you cant convince me otherwise though, is that being from Sweden, all these guys were into metal in their teens. And it shows. And it is a bad thing. Period.