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The Perfect Crime - Everything Else Can Wait CD Review
They Say :- Sick with the scene rife with copycat bands, The Perfect Crime have striven to create music that's honest, powerful but different. Not content with settling for anything less has enabled the trio to create a powerful live show and prove to their local scene that you can be bold and try something new. We say :- St Neots isn't really famous for anything. Apparently it's the largest town in Cambridgeshire, but even then there's probably little of note going on. It's fame may be about to grow, for it was against this backdrop of, well, not much that three like minded kids got together and started making music. The Perfect Crime have studied their craft well, and this effort has culminated in the forthcoming release of their debut album 'Everything Else Can Wait'. The album sets out the bands intent from the very start. The buzzing guitars that open the impressive 'Hailstones' lead into something a bit special. If you can imagine the energy of Silverstein with some of the musical complexities and changes in pace of Biffy Clyro you get an idea of what to expect. It's a great opening track and the 10 tracks that make up the album continue in a similar vein. If you're one of those people that insists on having a label then 'Post Hardcore' certainly fits, albeit more into the American camp of Thrice and Silverstein than the UK stylings of Hundred Reasons and The Blackout. The Perfect Crime have managed to intelligently draw on a multitude influences and stamp their own unique personality on them. There is nothing dumb or copycat about the music. The Silverstein and Biffy Clyro-esque influences are definitely there, but there are also touches of Glassjaw, Alexisonfire and even the Deftones thrown into the mix. The band manage this without sounding like a clone of any of those bands, or worst a pastiche of all of them. There is a progressive feel to this album that just seems to give it an extra something special. Although this is undeniably an excellent Post Hardcore album, it is also much more. There is sufficient variation between the tracks on this release to stop it from ever feeling tired or repetitive. From the Mathcore influences in 'A Priest & A Proposition' to the heavier riffage of 'Deliver Me Your Sins' this is a record that has sufficient depth and texture to stand up well to repeated listens. 'Everything Else Can Wait' is definitely one of the better albums of the year so far. It's nice to finally see a British band take on this (predominantly) American style and add something new and original to it. You may not have heard of St Neots, but I predict you'll be hearing a lot more about The Perfect Crime... Dizzy |
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