![]() Whilst the listening public can breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing that the prospect of a Kanye West cover has been gratefully averted, ‘Better Of Dead’ sees frontman Ian Watkins try his hand at rapping, an idea worse yet in practice than in principal. You can even forgive the boy band style key change, a technique which is frequently deployed elsewhere to infuriating effect. This time it’s altogether less successful, a bloated cobweb of cliches symptomatic of the creative stagnancy that plagues much of this release.Īmidst a tidal wave of mediocrity it’s ‘Jesus Walks’ which shines brightest, a stand up and fight call to arms propelled by a bed of gorgeous synths, bold brash drum beats and a singalong fist pumping chorus. ![]() Elsewhere ‘A Song For Where I’m From’ revisits the theme of small town living explored previously in the catchy ‘Streets Of Nowhere’. ![]() Any good marketeer would advise releasing your strongest material as a lead single but the Pontypridd sextet’s opener ‘Bring ‘Em Down’ is the sound of a band on autopilot with some Enter Shikari style electronic beats thrown in for good measure. ![]()
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