Review -Front End
Loader “Summer Hits”
single on Shagpile thru
Shock
Ah - the sounds of the
summer of my youth: Police (Outlandos de Blanc Mondatta),
Australian
Crawl (Boys Light Up), Cold
Chisel (East)...a combination
of all of the above make up the sound of one of the outstanding songs off Front
End Loader’s “Last of the V8
interceptors” album on Shagpile through Shock. Even before the release
arrived at my office it had quickly shunted Pulse
from rotation at the Jays.
They’ve opted for a totally unplaceable sound on the next two tracks: Gods Own Catapult and It’s Time to Rip the Crud combine rock,
metal, punk (attitude) and the pop of Summer, being sharpened a bit for Crud. The Intolerable Burden
of Expectation has FEL coming over all TISM
for a dodgy close.
Overall, it would appear
that a new direction has been taken for Summer after the debacle that was the Pulse single. HHH˝