Tubelord – Our First American Friends Review
You probably haven’t heard of Tubelord I would gather, but they are a band that everyone should listen to, because I’m sure they will become alot bigger than they are now. Recently signed to Hassle, Tubelord are a British band that are simply astounding, I saw them live the other day in Southampton and was totally blown away by how their music transitions to a live environment. Even before I was really into them, I heard praise of them from many of my friends, I picked up the I am Azzerad EP a couple of months ago, which I really enjoyed. The quality even then was fantastic, but the album promises better recordings and a greater achieved sound. Does it deliver? Yes.
As soon as it begins, you can tell that the band have benefited greatly from an enhanced studio, it’s not just them simply singing in a higher pitch or extended songs, the quality is much better so it becomes fantastic. Straight from the opening of the album, with “Your Bed is Kind of Frightening”, the echoing of ‘sleep it’s over’ in the begin and then when it crashes into the sonic disruption practically trademarked by the band. Follows on with the song “Somewhere Out There Is a Dog On Fire”, the ‘Blada bleep, blada bleep’ lyric, they subsistuted for “Meryl Streep, Meryl Streep’ live, that sounded weirdly better. But again the album quality flows through this song, my personal favourite and definite standout, “Night of Pencils” just reeks brilliance, in my opinion the song sounds so much better now, real stand out song from the album and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was headed for a re-release as a single.
Other highlights for me include the eternally awesome “I Am Azerrad” and “Synthesize” both originally from the former song’s EP release. Having the original recordings, the new albums versions are most definitely of a better quality. In conclusion, definitely seek out and buy this album and it is sincerely one of my favourites of the year, I just love it, as much unfounded negative press that this release may have been getting, I can’t help but enjoy Tubelord. Buy it now.
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