She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge

the album was a lastfm recommendation. "if you like interpol you'll like...." which normally doesn't mean much. It's usually just a wild stab in the dark based on lose genre associations of acts. "If you like Echo and the Bunnymen, you'll like...Creed" but in this instance if you weren't concentrating and clicked on one of their songs you'd swear that you were still listening to interpol.
Vocalist Justin Warfield has a ridiculously similar vocal to Paul Banks, albeit without the range, nor the nuance or tonal exaggeration that Banks possesses. The music shares similarities, especially in the opener Red Flags and LOng nights, but as the album progresses, the increased use of electronic beats and instruments starts to open the gap between these two acts and allows SWR their own identity. I much prefer interpol, the songs of SWR don't grab me the same way, they seem without energy, perhaps more in keeping with the early 80's sound of their hero's The Cure or the pure dissassociation of Warfields other vocal comparison - Joy Division's Ian Curtis. It keeps the album dark and moody, which is obvioulsy their aim but it also makes each song sound too similar too lifeless, and means that nothing stands out amongst the melancholy.