Innovators to the Stars
Aside from sounding like a bunch of glue-sniffers let loose on synthesisers, Late Of The Pier, might be unto something with their electrifying brand of funky dance-floor electro-plated pop-rock. Sampling sounds of Franz Ferdinand, Roxy Music, T-Rex and Pink Floyd, throughout the coarse of "Bathroom Gurgle" you'll probably see their motives as bringing back an old-school sound to popularity, and attempting to annihilate the new-rave affliction, the generation of today are suffering at the hands of. It's almost as if they're trying to bring back the days when people listened to a broad spectrum of music instead of just one lousy genre fixation.
Fantastic electro-sounds met with one of the most exciting voices of the 21st Century; Alex Kapranos eat your heart out! They're taking the whole Tenacious D cause to a whole new level, trying to fast track popularise old school.