SINGLE REVIEW: The Sea
- Posted on August 4, 2008 2:25 PM
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The Sea
‘Don’t You Want Me’
Review By Matt Killeen
The White Stripes have a lot to answer for. I was never a fan, they can’t write songs for a start but as time past I came to a grudging respect for Jack White’s guitar playing if nothing else. However, they have perpetrated any number of copycats and the result is usually woeful. Such is the case here.
There are only two members of The Sea and you can tell. There’s a reason why the traditional rock outfit is at least three people – it’s the fewest number of people who can make the requisite frequencies. If you play with two people the odds are that you’ll sound like two people rather than like a band and certainly end up with what sounds like a demo.
‘Don’t You Want Me’ is vaguely punky blues rock that’s very minimalism is its undoing. Thus exposed, the drumming, vocals, lyrics and guitar are shown to be undistinguished and nowhere near as exciting as they need to be.
Wolfmother do this better and they barely justify their existence. Likewise the Black Keys make a more interesting bass-less noise. If, as their press release suggests, The Sea are only doing this for FUN! (sic) then they shouldn’t be taking up valuable room and bothering busy people. The fact that they are ‘influenced’ by a band that currently exists and that their name belongs to a band less than ten years defunct tells you everything you need to know about their lack of vision.
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