Album Review
Fiction Plane - Left Side Of The BrainFiction Plane - Left Side Of The Brain

Fiction Plane formed back in 2002 and started off as a two piece band but soon took on more members to make the band a four piece band. The band went on and released their debut album 'Everything Will Be Ok' back in 2003 on MCA Records. MCA folded soon after the bands album release leaving Fiction Plane label-less, which resorted in the band taking a long break. The band have now regrouped as a three piece and are just about to release their second studio album 'Left Side Of The Brain' on their new record label Bieler Bros Records.

The band claim to be influenced by The Pixies, Radiohead and especially Nirvana but if you listen to the bands album 'Left Side Of The Brain' you will notice that the band sound nothing like their so called influences but sound more like The Police, which is quite weird considering vocalist and bass player Joe Sumner is the son of sting and the band are opening up for the Police on their forthcoming reunion tour which see's them tour some massive stadiums and arenas across the world, which seems to me that the band are in the music industry for all the wrong reasons and hope to get big really fast for all the wrong reasons.

'Left Side Of The Brain' opens up with 'Anyone' which has quite a good introduction but apart from that the song is musically and vocally quite boring, the chorus picks up in pace but still doesn’t offer any excitement. 'Death Machine' is a song about war but see's the band sounding too much like The Police for my liking. 'Two Sisters' is one of the good songs from the album but it does sound like it’s come straight off the Police’s greatest hits album which can’t be a good thing considering everything.

One of the worst songs I have heard in a long time has to be 'It's A Lie' which opens with Joe Sumner's high pitched squeals of "It's A Lie' which tend to re-appear throughout the song for the extremely irritating chorus.

The album title track 'Left Side Of The Brain' is quite a laid back song, it offers nothing special but is quite a listenable song. 'Drink' is another proper mellow song that takes a while for the ever depressing vocals to kick in, and the song appears to be on for 4 minutes 33 seconds too long. The album finishes with 'Fake Light From The Sun' the song has a long laid back introduction and the Sting like vocals soon kick in offering absolutely nothing new.

Overall if you like The Police or Sting you will most probably like Fiction Plane, but if you don’t I would steer clear from this album as it is one of the most boring albums I have heard in a very long time. Lead man Joe Sumner has always tried to avoid being compared to sting, but when you are his son and you are in a band who sound ever so similar to your dads band and you then choose to open up for that band it seems like you’re doing the total opposite.

1.5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Fiction Plane - Band
Joe Sumner (lead vocals, guitar, bass)
Seton Daunt (guitar)
Pete Wilhoit (drums)
 Track Listing
1. Anyone
2. Death Machine
3. Two Sisters
4. It's a Lie
5. Left Side Of The Brain
6. Cold Water Symmetry
7. Running The Country
8. Drink
9. Presuppose
10. Cross The Line
11. Fake Light From The Sun
 Band Related Links
Fiction Plane Myspace
Fiction Plane Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?