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Attack! Attack! - You And MeAttack! Attack! - You And Me

It’s good to see that poppy-punk is on the rise again and it’s even better to see that it’s the UK bands that are pretty much dominating the scene at the moment, over the past 12 months we have had some really good bands come from nowhere to gain a really big fan base, for a start there is Kids In Glass Houses who worked so hard and produced such top songs that during the start of 2008 they signed a major record deal with Roadrunner Records who then released their extremely successful debut album, You Me At Six are currently the band that everyone in the UK are talking about and expecting big things from them and success will come to them as they are clocking up more fans on a daily basis and the latest band that is easily going to rise to the top of the scene is Attack! Attack!

Attack! Attack! Are a four piece band who formed at the start of 2008 in a rundown industrial estate on the outskirts of Cardiff, the members of the band are not shy when it comes to the music scene as they have all spent time playing in various different South Wales based bands such as Dopamine, Adequate Seven, Pete's Sake etc, all bands that were well known in the underground, you can clearly tell that the members of Attack! Attack! aren’t new to the music as they have such a strong poppy-punk sound that clearly couldn’t be created over night with no previous band experience, anyway their previous outings has helped Attack! Attack! become the band they are.

The latest single from Attack! Attack! is called 'You And Me' and there are a few things that you will notice within the first ten seconds of listening to the song and first of all you will notice that the introduction to the song sounds like some of the introductions you would hear on Fall Out Boy's 'Infinity On High' album, secondly you will notice that Neil Starr's vocals sound so similar to those of Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy, which will leave you with the conclusion that Attack! Attack! are a Welsh band that sound more American than they do Welsh, but in their defence it seems that the only way to enjoy major success as a poppy punk band, you need to either be American or sound American and obviously Attack! Attack! aren’t and can’t be the first statement so have had to settle for the later one.

'You And Me' is on hell of a powerful poppy-punk song that is full of melody, beats and a big sing along choruses, the energy that is captured in the song is immense and it just leaves you knowing that these guys must play a really tight sounding powerful live show.

Attack! Attack! are the next band that is going to bring the glory home for the Welsh music scene, my favourite band to come out of Wales has been Kids In Glass Houses, I followed them from the start and still love everything about their music but I have confidence that Attack! Attack! are going to become more successful than Kids In Glass Houses as they have such a clean strong energetic sound that is bound to get thousands of people moving which will help them clock up a forever growing strong fan base. 2009 is going to be the year that these guys attack and by the end of the year they will be back in Wales celebrating the major success they truly deserve.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Attack! Attack! - Band
Neil
Will
Ryan
Mike
 Track Listing
1. You And Me
 Band Related Links
Attack! Attack! Myspace
Attack! Attack! Official Website
 Review Score Code
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- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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