ARTiST: The Needles
TiTLE: In Search Of The Needles
LABEL: Dangerous Records
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 34:21 min
SiZE: 56,8 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-02-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-11-2006
WEBSiTE: www.theneedles.net
Track List:
01. Let You Down 02:24
02. Under The City 02:56
03. Girl I Used To Know 03:21
04. Devil At Your Door 02:36
05. Dianne 03:09
06. Summer Girls 02:38
07. Poison Ivy 02:46
08. Up Against The Wall 03:16
09. Out Of My System 02:54
10. Delivery Day 02:23
11. Dead Ar Alive 03:00
12. In The Morning 02:58
Release Notes:
Rasping rock with rhythm, lyrical bite and a
swirling keyboard element sees the sinister, turning
life upside down opener, 'Let You Down' and the
murkily catchy 'Under The City', transporting you to
a dingy underground venue and the year is 1975.
Before we are brought forward in time for The Cribs
and Supergrass skirting 'Girl I Used To Know',
seeing Dave Dixon's vocals taking on a calming, yet
grittily authoritative pitch. Already it is
impossible not to be tempted to put this foray into
the category of one of the freshest and most sincere
albums of the year so far. It is a debut album to
boot, helping to render the disappointment of
Razorlight's recent lack of adventure, as distant a
memory as England's World Cup campaign.
A sound similar to Kiss crashing a Ramones gig
gushes through first portion of the album that
utilises the full, spindling bass virtuosity of Paul
Curtiss, most noticeably propelling the provocative
'Devil At Your Door' and the pleading previous
single 'Dianne', with the latter mentioned
instrumentally applauding Muse. Feeling and emotion
are never far away from a The Needles song, giving
them a genuine and emotive edge. The Aberdeen
quartet finds the time to put a loving arm around
The Byrds and The Stands by embracing the country
rock genre with the album highlight, the lyrically
cutting, instrumentally winding and roving 'Poison
Ivy'. This signals a change in pace in the album, as
pop craftsmanship is deployed to slow the journey
down via 'Up Against The Wall'.
The inter-song cohesion that is displayed without
exception illuminates a band of true understanding
and the fact that they have been together since the
late 1990's, has evidently facilitated this
understanding, rather than straining the relations
as oft happens with bands battling that are through.
The big sounding 'Delivery Day' possesses that
hounding, combined vocal approach that represented
The Coral at their most potent. The slow ballad of
'In The Morning' provides for a reflective and
tingling conclusion, something that is quite
fitting, as in years to come The Needles will
reflect on this debut with pride and fulfilment.