Label: island
Released: Mar 29, 2005 |
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by brandon |
Compared to The Cure and The Smiths, The Bravery have been getting a lot of press because of some sort of feud with The Killers. It has been said that (bands like) The Bravery have only been successful because of the initial success of The Killers. The band insists that they completed their album before becoming aware of The Killers. Whatever the circumstances, it seems that the market is doing what it can to position The Bravery for some sort of success.
About a month ago Zack and I were doing a little investing and he mentioned buying some Bravery tickets. Of course, I’d never heard of them so I didn’t really see it as a “must have” for the mop cuts, hoodies, dark glasses that frequent the NYC hipster scene at the Bowery or Webster Hall or whatever the venue of choice is this year, but I figured he must know something. After all, he does read Pitchfork daily and before I started getting my tips on new music from Sirius, he was the guy to go to for such up-and-coming acts like the Bravery. I must admit, I don’t have the patience for much including sifting through countless tracks from artists trying to be the next big thing. If someone does give me something that they say is good, I will listen and such is the case with The Bravery.
While walking through Best Buy with an armful of DVD’s, I spotted the self-titled album on an end cap – this is where it seems they like to put new releases and I often check out the musical flavor of the week there as I’m walking out. The CD was only $7.99 so I knew it must be good right? I bought it, took it home, ripped it and put it on my mp3 player.. I couldn’t tell you were the CD is today.
When I started listening to the album, I was greeted with a song that I have since heard several times on the radio and even in the Target electronic section on every TV (see? Marketing that shiznit to the masses). An Honest Mistake is what I believe to be the first single and, I’ll admit, I have it on my April ’05 playlist. It’s a relatively catchy tune and my initial thoughts were that they sound like a British version of The Strokes and The Killers combined. A lethal combination? Not really. Mixing two rights rarely make a third, but they’re acceptable and, if they had been first, they could have probably pulled it off without the help of the others that came before them.
The album goes on like this for the other 10 tracks. You might find the tunes relatively familiar, but there was nothing to compel me to continue listening to the album straight through. I do like the single, An Honest Mistake and the last track Unconditional, but I think the overall album lacks character.
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