Labels: TSTF
Review by: Andy Malcolm
So Blake (FROM JAWBREAKER) did a new band that put a record out. There was super hype around about some other band he was doing, but they never put a record out. Forgetters did, and we should be happy, for this is really rather good. There are four songs, kicking in with “Vampire Lessons”, where Blake sounds sort of spooky. I guess he is cashing in on the goth trend, maybe this is going to be on the next Twilight soundtrack. Whilst it’s a fairly camp effort, the guitars charge along like you’d hope with Blake at the helm, and it’s eminently enjoyable. Yet disposable. I guess the band just fancied having a bit of fun with that one. However, they improve on that effort so not all is lost. “Too Small To Fail” has a lovely bassy intro, with little emo twinkles going on, kind of like only people who played in bands in the 1990s know how to do. This one is a slow burner that builds up to a flailing chorus. It’s like the biggest rockers on Orange Rhyming Dictionary, and that isn’t going to disappoint the likes of me, just that it comes without the hefty production that you got from that LP and Dear You. That may be good or bad, depending on your perspective. “Not Funny” is probably the weakest track, a bit one paced and lacking in the big hook that you spend all song waiting for. It sounds more like something Jay Robbins would come up with during a bad day at the office. Then you get the finale, “the Night Accelerates” which is everything the previous track wasn’t, lodging itself firmly in the mind, super catchy and with effortlessly driving guitar. Perfect Blake, perfect, rounding off a lovely little return to form. Now for the LP.