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| 'I REALLY HATE COLDPLAY' REVIEWS |
| The Plastic Ashtray
"Lancaster based Death In Public recently did an interview with The Ashtray & they felt they really need to use music to get their point across. The good thing about their work is they don�t do it in a preachy punk fashion or gobby Manics way. Death In Public live in a reverb world of fiery guitars and echoing doom. The band mix Godspeed style guitars mixed with doomy backdrops and atmospherics laden with thudding drums and impassioned vocals. �I Really Hate Coldplay� could appeal to anyone if it was down to it�s quirky title. I mean who does like Coldplay? Middle age men & bloated fat cat label bosses? Death In Public don�t anyway. The guitars are loud and distorted. The whole sound is huge and if this band pull off this kind of sound live It would rattle the very life out of every one in the room. Very tongue in cheek, they sing that they�d rather die than listen to Coldplay, but underneath the echoing guitars and heavy drums are snaking bass lines which recall bands like Isis only all this is less metal more epic and ghostly. �Losing All The Time� has a more straight up approach and appeal. Screeching guitars echo across your speakers as other layers of sound fight for recognition in this multi layer noise fest. �Losing All The Time� sees the band take their own songs and bastardise them to great effect using every otherworldly effect they have in their arsenal. Their singer ranges from Bowie to Geneva (remember them?) in a moments pause. There�s a grinding and exciting finale seeing the pace slow down and the guitars become even more drained of life. Death In Public might sound like an instant attention grabber but through their music you�ll find you need an astute ear and passion for loud atmospherics & delay pedals. I can only imagine how huge these songs sound on the live circuit. There�s an angry ghost in Death In Public, exorcise them at your peril." Review by: Pete Foster Rating: 7/10 Click Music "Atmospheric guitars wash across the sound creating (whisper it) sonic cathedrals on the second single from Lancaster's Death In Public. The attention grabbing title can be questioned, not really being necessary for a band who have such clear talent and quality. Sounding like an angrier Muse, strings are thrashed with the passion of a band clearly trying to create something interesting. Whilst they may not be that different from bands such as Mogwai and Bloc Party, there is a passion in the vocals Kele Okereke could only manage in his dream of dreams. B side 'Losing All The Time' continues along the same path, full of whirling guitars riffs and thumping pounding drums. It suffers from a lack of difference from the A side, with a very similar feel to both. For Death In Public to move to the big time more ideas are needed." Review by: James Lawrenson Rating: 7/10 Room Thirteen "I'm guessing I got sent 'I Really Hate Coldplay' because most of my reviews are negative and bitchy tirades about the crap and pointless effluent currently leaking out of the urinary tract of the contemporary music scene. Perhaps the editors thought that this single would be right up my alley because they know I hate Coldplay, The Feeling, Keane, etc, etc, etc. However, what they (and your good selves) probably don't know is that I also hate U2, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Stop glaring at me like that. Let's face facts: 'Good Vibrations' is neither good nor particularly vibratory; 'Love Me Do' is a mangle of such twee and insipid banality I'm astounded that The Teletubbies haven't released a cover version yet, and every track on 'The Joshua Tree' album sounds like Led Zeppelin played backwards on a Fisher Price turntable. Deep down you know I'm right, so scrape your tongue off the floor, smoke another gasper and relax. Lancashire-based Death In Public obviously agree that Coldplay are crap, because they've gone to the effort of putting pen to paper and plectrum to string to write a song about it - and while it's not a stone-cold stunner of a single, at least it sounds nothing like the titanic heap of meaningless pap regularly rammed down our throats by their nemesis. 'I Really Hate Coldplay' is a fuzzy, thick, ethereal track with hyperactive top-range vocals and a palpable air of eeriness that makes it sound a little like something Muse would record if they stopped prancing around pretending they were Queen. This is Death In Public's second single (don't ask me what the first one was, I'm far too lazy to google it) and although the band has only been together for nine months and the older members are a mere eighteen years old, it's got a tons of balls, a fizzing energy and (don't get too carried away here guys) showcases a superior standard of musicianship. I'm right and they're right: Coldplay are a waste of space. Why can't the rest of world see that?" Review by: Stuart Anderson Rating: 7/10 Subba Cultcha "With guitars as gargantuan as Mogwai and vocals with the bitchy attitude of Mansun at their anthemic best, Death In Public are onto a winner�" Review by: Jeremy Chick Rating: 7/10 Music Spotlight "The second single from Lancaster�s Death In Public sees the band declaring their dislike of Chris Martin and co amidst some swirling, atmospheric guitars and crashing drums not too dissimilar to the likes of Mogwai or Sonic Youth. The song starts extremely strongly with some impressive guitar work, while the guitar riffs continue to impress throughout to ensure that �I Really Hate Coldplay� is well worth a listen. The B-side �Losing All The Time� is perhaps too similar in style to the A-side to really leave much of an impression on first listen, but given a little time and repeated listens it really comes into its own and proves to be just as good, if not better. Indeed, the track contains a good level of energy and enthusiasm throughout, and that, combined with the impassioned vocals and strong rhythm section, ensures that the track remains fresh and memorable. This second release demonstrates that the band are continuing to make good progress, and hopefully there will be a lot more to come from a band which clearly possesses a great deal of talent and ability and a good degree of potential." Review by: Pete Foster Rating: 7/10 Glasswerk.co.uk "Well these guys seem like a band who aren�t ones to beat about the proverbial bush. Declaring their dislike of Chris Martin and co in such blatant fashion. The slight anti-climax after a song title that offers such a rant or Hip-Hop style dis, is that the small amount of lyrics the song has are buried under a wall of sound and wining vocal. Opening with a tight rhythm section playing a signal of intent beat, then the thick with reverb, psychedelic filthy guitar kicks in and you think you�re on to a winner, and musically you are. Like a Rage Against the Machine bass line drenched in Sonic Youth guitar grime makes for a sublime mosh pit soundtrack. The vocals though are a somewhat irritatingly high pitch wail, like Bret Anderson and Axl Rose having a girlie handbag fight. They are, for the most part, rendered fairly inaudible under a sea of swirling guitars, only the cry of �with Coldplay I would rather die� sticking through. For a song that makes such a bold statement with its title, it�s a shame it didn�t deliver more juicy abuse against the stadium fluff rockers. Or at least, a reason for why they hate Coldplay! Give us something eh! B-side �Losing All The Time� offers much the same formula. Post-punk sound and driving rhythm, engulfing half-hearted vocal. There is much promise from Death in Public, musically they create scintillating, hard hitting alt rock of the highest order. Review by: Martin Kendrick Rating: 6/10 | Press & Review archive | |
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