- Artist
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Label
- Dance To The Radio
- Release date
- 28th May 2007
- Genre
- Indie pop
The Ramones meet The Shangri-Las on Leeds five-piece's debut collection of teenager in love pop delights
Yorkshire again takes centre-stage in the indie spotlight with this keenly-awaited debut from a young Leeds five-piece primed for pop stardom. Where fellow tykes the Kaiser Chiefs play Britpop anthems and the Arctic Monkeys hard rocking kitchen-sink social commentary, the Detectives' thang is unlucky in love dramas that read like a teen-mag problem page.
Lyrically, there is something of the old-fashioned, swooning pop sweep of Sixties girl bands like the Shangri-Las about them. Sonically, however, The Ramones and The Buzzcocks are your references. Fast and furious guitar riffery, pounding 100 mile-an-hour rhythms and shouty bloke call-and-response harmonies dominate these 12 spirited tracks. I Found Out and You Better Not Look My Way cram in the kind of memorable, singalong hooks that only come from a keen ear and plenty of hard graft. Of course it's derivative, while Matt Bowman's voice is somewhat two-a-penny. Even so - deny yourself pop thrills this relentlessly infectious and you'll be missing out.
More to try: Kaiser Chiefs: Employment Buzzcocks: Love Bites The Libertines: Up The Bracket The Ramones: Road To Ruin
