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| Review: Duke Spirit - Bruiser |
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They’ve finally got it! They’ve been plugging at this hole in the market for over seven years now and they’ve only finally gone and done it! Now, for those of you who don’t know the London list of commandments to writing an album and general band ethos, I’ll give you a quick rundown. Thou shalt always look exceptionally fit - not just the fashion-imbibed front woman Leila Moss, who is cut-off your-arm hot, but also the four music men standing behind her, all of whom are exceptionally well turned out in their various styles of attire. Thou shalt leave an age between albums – always leave the fans wanting more right guys? How about leaving it so long that only the most diehard fan could discern you from the Duke of York? There’s been three and a half years between this album and last, then the same again between that and their debut. Thou shalt add two moments of thrashing energy for every dash of wrenching emotion - this, of course, is just giving the people what they want. This album is eons better than its predecessors: it even cuts a candle to many of its rivals in the female indie game; The Long Blondes’ Someone to Drive you Home, Metric’s Live It Out, and perhaps even, dare I say it, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Show your Bones. At last the hole in the market has been filled. Shame it’s seven years too late... Very hi-fi compared with their previous bites at the Indie Apple, the calibre of song really has stepped up a notch. Lead single “Surrender” grows on you so much each time you hear it it's almost weed-like. Track three “Villain” will make you want to take up smoking just so you have a lighter at hand to sway slowly when the song comes on. I feel bad for this album if truth be told. It’s like the kid who turns up an hour late to a party with their arms in the air and pointy hat jauntily angled, shouting “Sorry I’m late guys, but never fear I’m here now and the fun can begin”, only to be told by the cleaner “you’ve just missed ‘em mate”. This album deserves to have a good time, it deserves to be listened to, but it’s just too late for the party. [3/5]Newer news items:
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