Review by: Jonathan Hopkins
Album assigned by: Jake Myers
I knew exactly what this album was going to sound like as soon as I saw the album cover. They're an indie-rock quartet with loud, jagged guitars and a female vocalist who looks and sounds just like Nico.
That's not quite fair. While the opening song, “Only Son” - where she sounds like some sort of Nico android – made me wary, her vocals throughout are actually very good and varied. It's just clear who her model is. Other than that, The Peels don't really offer anything particularly interesting here. All of the songs sound almost exactly the same, with the same post-Pixies “quirk-punk” indie guitar tones and bass lines I've heard a million times. It's not bad, and every song sounds perfectly fine while it's on, but almost nothing really sticks with me.
The only song I care to name check is “I Don't Know,” the one song on here with a different, warmer guitar tone and a great power-pop riff. This is going to be my one take away from this album, the only thing I'll probably come back to. I really fell in love with this song, and it was worth it to listen to the album just to gain that.
There really aren't any other individual songs to talk about, in my opinion. It's a very short album – actually just an EP - and the only thing The Peels managed to record. Seek out “I Don't Know,” and if you're a huge indie-rock fan, you'll probably enjoy the rest as well.
In conclusion, it's basically fine, but Wire did everything this album did but better.
Rating: B-
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