Labels: Snuffy Smile
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Crikey, Snuffy Smile in duff 7″ shocker, now there’s something you won’t be reading very often. A label synonymous with good releases has pulled a clanger here and put out two particularly unremarkable bands. Here’s the lowdown”¦
The World Is Mine have ex-members of the band Wall, who had a decent album on the Smile a little while back. The two tracks here are a long the same lines as that but a little more upbeat. Braid influenced indie rock, but with completely unsuitable vocals. Sounds more suited to singing the kind of rock music you hear on the Transformers movie soundtrack. Kind of wavery, higher pitched stuff. Blah. First track “Trifle Diary” (wha?) is otherwise pretty decent, moving a long at a decent pace with lots of catchiness. If you like the more indie stuff on Snuffy, like 3 Minute Movie and Lovemen, then this will appeal to you. “Lights of Spring” is a long the same lines with that UK melodic hardcore influence very evident. It’s actually a very good song, BUT, there are some vocals on it that practically ruin it. The guy starts singing like Prince every now and again and it sounds stupid. Very stupid. Argh.
Miles Apart are from Italy and are ex-Eversor. Eversor were stinky so I didn’t have too high hopes here anyway. Turns out that I was right. They play poppy rock music with whiney vocals. Mix Get Up Kids and Gameface and you’ve about got it. Personally I can’t really differentiate one band playing this style from another, but I think I could tell if they were playing something good. And this is just so run of the mill though as to render it dull.
I guess if you like poppy indie rock music and need yet another poppy indie rock music 7″, you should get this. Otherwise, there are other bands doing these styles so much better, so don’t bother with this one.