B.r.m.c - Brmc
 

Swept into the mainstream on the cusp of a garage rock revolution, B.R.M.C have long been accused of pillaging the past and lacking originality. true, their music owes a lot to such bands as the jesus & mary chain and my bloody valentine with its lethargic guitars and droning feedback, but this is an album full of swagger, sleaze, attitude and a bit of talent thrown in for good measure.

As if plucked from the wome of the darkest night, this is a collection of nocturnally driven garage rock glazed with psychedelic chords and beach boy-esque melodies. tracks such as "whatever happened to my rock and roll" and "spread your love" are raucous, catchy, good old fashioned rock and roll songs designed to get liven up any mood, while "rifles" and "As sure as the sun" offer a dreamy, melodic and deeply satisying alternative to such stompers like "red eyes and tears"; a song oozed in a deep, dark pool of the dirtiest blues you can imagine, and "love burns"..in essence a pop song designated to the mainstream audience. the highlight on this album though, has to be "head up high". with an eerie choir, clanging guitar and droning bass, its a song immersed in atmosphere and poignancy. the lyrics - as with 99% of the songs on this album, are consistently concide yet thoughtful, offering tales of inner emotion and experiences.

what makes this album great in my opinion is the intensity that runs throughout its veins. theres not a weak track. orginal? perhaps not. but in a day and age where the music industry is dominated by 4 blokes from new york and 4 boys from sheffield, this is a welcomed alternative. not for everyone, but definetly for those who like their music dark, edgy yet accessible.

overall rating - 4/5

You had some nice information, but your grammar is poor. You need to put some cover art, record label, tracklisting, and release year up as well.

This sounds like an interesting band. I'm surprised I haven't heard of them.

i dont see the need for including album art or track listing. if you like the sound of what ive wrote you'll get the album anyway. bar the odd coma in the wrong place and no capital letters, i think my grammar is ok personally.. but thats not what this is about. and thats the problem with America, a lot of music that deserves the attention gets overlooked.

Yeah, because you wrote a poor review.

*looks for a hiu review*

Nope! Can't find one.

Hiu, Led ZepStu doesn't post often, but when he does it's worth a read.
These reviews aren't being judged on grammer or punctuality.
This isn't school.

Personally I thought it was well written and I certainly got the vibe he was trying to put over.

Now hiu, can you do better?

Why does everyone talk to Hui like he is a fresh n00b?

because he/she acts like a childish little fool. just because i said they should be shot for calling the bends a terrible album. you need to grow up hiu and add something constructive to this forum - because i havent seen anything you've wrote thats actually worth the read.

Firstly a 299 word review isn't long enough to give an overall impression for someone to go out and buy the album.Grammer and punctuality is important when writing a review, it doesn't have to be prefect I agree but you don't read reviews in the paper or even on review sites if they don't use capital letters. It's just a matter of presentation so people will take your review seriously.

I have no problem with that, I really don't care. I just want to help you write better reviews.

this is a music forum. if i wanted to get my grammar perfect i would - considering im studying English at A-Level. if you cant take a post seriously because theres no capital letters then quite frankly i couldnt give a shit about your opinion. plus, i do not need YOU giving ME advice on how to write reviews.

Clearly i'm not the one acting like a "childish little fool" here. Thankyou and good day.

no, your the one who acts like a childish little fool, realises they look stupid - then tries to act mature in order to cover themselves. ive said nothing of any immaturity, i've merely stated my opinion on you. the fact you told me to "shut up" and resorted to personal insults because i said (in jest) you should be shot for calling an album terrible AND THEN for no reason insults my review in a completely unconstructive way proves my point. its musicbanter.

You seem to be latching onto that album thread. I gave you some helpful comments on your review to make it better (I think alot of what you have is great it just needs more quantity) because it's the whole point of these types of threads.

Good review. Wasn't too long or short. And what might you suggest as a good first listen track LedZepStu?

I think the review just needs to be extended, and perhaps a few words capitalized.

you could have put that in the original post. submitting a post saying "Yeah, because you made a poor review" is just leaving yourself open to criticism. if you want to be respected here you have to have a substance and relevance to what you say. we are not a bunch of morons that are going to accept stupid comments like that...well, 60% of us anyway. i apologise if this sounds like a lecture but ive been here for long enough to know how things work on this site and to be honest the main reason i dont post on here frequently anymore is because of the lack of constructive input.

* to hiu

spread your love or whatever happened to my rock & roll

Maybe we need a review review forum :rolleyes:

...I just realised that BRMC is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I like these guys and have heard them before. Good band though.

Hui is the artist formerly know as RazorsInTheNight

ok well that makes no difference to me because i havent heard of razorsinthenight on here either.

Just because he hasn't written a review before doesn't mean he can't critisize someone else's review.

LedZepStu: Okay, maybe both Hiu, and I could have been more descriptive when we said you didn't write a great review, but when Hiu explained himself, you were still arguing. There was no need for that.

i had things i wanted to say to him. so naturally i said them. end of story really. as far as im concerned the matter is closed and i have nothing against him as long as what he says is constructive and apt - which to be fair wasnt the case in the first few posts of his i saw

I don't have a problem with criticism, providing it's constructive.

Nothing constructive there. ^

Yeah, I said in my last post we should have been more descriptive probably.

There`s nothing wrong with that review i`ve seen shorter less helpful ones than that published in music magazines.

Oh for fu*k sake. Get back on topic. I HAVE heard them and frankly they are the bee knees. Really great stuff. Apparently they're playing accoustic stuff now and it's not as good as they were before but give them a go and stop with your bugging people the whole time. You're always BETTER than everybody else and picking the whole time. This is a MUSIC forum not a personal issues forum...

You can backstab me if you want but I'm off now. I never stay around here anymore..
I'm the one hit wonder ;)

i think Howl is brilliant. Which surprised me immensly. Take them on on your own disappointed me because they tried to be overly political whilst copying the style of the debut - but it just lacked the songs. So for them to completely go opposite and immerse themselves in folk, country and gospel influences was a brave and successful move.

my band went on tour with brmc last feb-mar 2006 .. they are even more incredible live. they soundchecked for 3 hours for every show we played with them, talk about dedication to the music. and we sat through a lot of this and i never got tired of seeing them play. it took months before i could hear anything else but their songs in my head. but i didn't mind. "howl" is a great album as well as "take them on, on your own" .. i can't wait to hear the next album which i hear is now complete and due out early 2007.

Has anyone listened to the new album yet? I'm downloading it as I type, but "Let The Day Begin" sounds pretty immense, and it's already got me super excited. They're playing near me next month, so I'm hoping I'll somehow get a ride to DC.