A few months ago I checked out Floors And Walls single 'The Stand' and
was pretty impressed with it. I now have the bands debut album 'What Can
We Do Today' to review. The album shows that the band have a whole range
of influences from Red Hot chilli Peppers, Rage Against The Machine and
even The Streets.
'What Can We Do Today' opens up with 'Head Access' which was the bands
debut single and features guitar riffs so similar to Rage Against The
Machine and vocals so fast yet so different from most vocals in the alternative
music scene at the moment, sounding more like Mike Skinner on speed than
anything else.
'The Stand' is the first song I heard from Floors And Walls and is a
stunning song that mixes hardcore music with fast mc style vocals making
a random mixture of music that seems to work really well. 'What To Do'
starts off with some guitar work that is blatantly nicked from the Red
Hot Chilli Peppers, but Alex Adams’ vocals stand out so much people
will soon forget about the similarity of guitar riffs.
The main bit that stands out with most of the songs on this album are
the lyrics and Alex Adams vocals. In 'Boracic man (The Poor Song)', Alex's
vocals are quite mc like but soon turn more mellow. In 'Tracey' Alex starts
off rapping and ends up singing his heart out during the chorus and both
vocal styles fit so well within the song. 'Lip Sync' is a ballad style
song where Adam shows that he has a perfect singing voice and can hit
all the right notes.
'Sick Sad Truth' closes the album and is a really fast track musically
and vocally and is worth checking out.
Floors And Walls have made an extremely catchy record that is going to
appeal to a wide range of people. The band do have the potential to go
far in England but I can’t really see them cracking the American
market with their self proclaimed ‘chav-core’ sound, I just
don’t think America are ready for it yet, but then again I could
be wrong.
3/5
Review by Trigger |