Isolated Atoms - Tell Me What I Want / Here We Go

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1...according to our Brian on Thu 08 Oct, 2009.

Haha. How to damn your reputation in the space of one press release. Mention Alan McGee and Peter Hook in the same sentence, not to mention promote yourself as "electro rockers" & "the hottest undiscovered band in the UK". I love it when we get this kind of hollow, empty stadium toss. Isolated Atoms make Editors sound seriously edgy, they display the very worst elements of modern "indie", some inane drivetime chorus, a seriously comical Ian Curtis-lite vocal (truly preposterous, especially on 'Here We Go'), horrendous limp synths that sound so fucking dated I cannot believe they're being let into a studio and the glossy production you'd expect from the worst Europop chart pap. The big black dude in the band though, he's a rugged looking feller who looks so cool that you're kind of tempted to give them some kudos regardless. 'Tell Me What I Want' is a ltd 7" on the reliably excreble Weekender recs.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Tell Me What I Want
2. Here We Go

OVERVIEW:

Occupying the musical ground between epic and dark, this Black Country four piece’s complex songs transport the listener to a soul searching plain. Grant Lee Ashman’s textured vocals, alongside Mark Neat’s heavy riffing, David Davies’s sophisticated synths and Jake Osei Tutu’s polyrhythmic drumming coalesce into an intricate whole. With their next session to be produced by Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order), the band will be in the slipstream of giants like Muse and Bloc Party soon.

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