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 London
based Dead IDentities stake their claim to skate outta the cul-de-sac of
post voice-break, pre-heartache pop punk on this excellently produced demo
that points the way to be poster boys of the pit. Interjecting some thrash
dynamics on occasion provides some added weight, which is a necessary
diversion from the rather puerile lyrics which could almost be straight
from a Californian skaters diary, adolescent angst amidst the half-pipe.
But bringing bullock-balled ballast on their side is the fact that these
are incredibly well put together songs, every nook and cranny has been
seen to with rampant youthful lust, ‘Hangin’ Around’ must rank amongst the
most perfect summer punk anthems that The Wildhearts never recorded, with
a chorus that would make Mick Jones nostalgic for the days when he knocked
out tunes with a temerity that seems to have passed to these guys
somewhere along the way. If you can stomach songs about being home while
your chums are off learning what bits of their girlfriends are where
(‘Wednesday Night’) and look forward to bouncing around your bedroom
shouting with rebellious conviction ‘I just wanna sit on my arse’ as on
‘S.C.A.R.E.D’ then contact the guys here. If not you may well catch ‘em
sometime soon on whatever crap television programme is gonna be on C4 this
time next year.
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