Customer Reviews

Colour It in

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In a year, for me at least, where all the major "indie" releases have been disappointments (from Wilco to Bjork) this hits it out of the park on nearly every song.

It has a kind of contsant nervous churn that sounds familiar (early REM, Interpol, Clinic) but feels new, if that makes any sense. The standouts are the fast/slow "Mary" and (single?) "First Love."

So tomorrow you have all your CD's stolen from you... your Coldplay, Interpol, Explosions in the Sky, all gone. Why aren't you sad? Well to start with you've got your music backed up on the computer, secondly your reading this review which means you have just found a cornerstone album on which to rebuild your entire CD library. 'Pound for Pound' the Maccabee's Debut recording 'Color It In' is amongest the very best premiere releases I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Play the first track 'Good Old Bill' and two ideas may just be able to swim admist the euphoric sonic waves inundating the temporal lobes... 1) What I am listening to is original 2) What I am listening to is good... very good.
The music is unshy, the genious of such creativity simply offers no place to hide, the music is not polished, it's way too clean already without any greasy residue, the music is important from the lyrics to the instrumental compostion every song a musical gem long awaited to be Coloured in(to) the collective counsciousness of the human mind... the Maccabees have done it. Congratulations to them... on a Fantastic Debut Record!

This is a very good album. If you like maximo park, the futureheads, and bands like that, then you will not be disappointed with this album.

The package came really fast and it was in good condition for it's low price. Keep up the good work!

Given all the scratchy punk-pop acts pretending it's 1978 and pogo'ing around the UK nowadays, there is no reason to patronize *this* second-rate muck. Lousy, affected vocals, and not a decent melody on the whole disc (the darting guitars carry most of the harmonic content, while singer Orlando Weeks just yelps within a four-note range). Try "Mary," if you must pick a track. Sure, the music has energy and is produced with the right degree of boozy grit, but these are the only selling points. Look up the first Futureheads album instead. Or the Arctic Monkeys. Or Maximo Park. Or Art Brut. Or Dogs Die in Hot Cars. Or even Hot Hot Heat, if you don't mind a little music from the other side of the pond. Just don't look...here.