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| Having heard them described as Leeds' own Oasis, receiving 10,000 Things' Foodchain EP did not immediately fill me with joy. However, after a few spins their slightly sleazy swingin' blues-rock began to sink its hooks into my poor, unsuspecting brain. |
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Opener "Foodchain" builds from a drumbeat and a traditional blues guitar line into an irresistible bluesy rocker - at which point the words John Spencer Blues Explosion leap, lemming-like, from my mind. Without a similar sound there is nevertheless the same sense of swagger in the tunes, which are carried ably and with soul by Sam Riley, who also has a fine way with an entertaining lyric (something often missing these days).
2nd up, "Oh no!" hikes the pace into the "potential moshpit" area, but also shows 10,000 Things' softer side with a nice little quiet middle 8. It still rocks though, no need to worry about that. In fact, there's plenty of energy in all four songs and the playing is pretty tight, the only problem really is in a lack of anything really memorable in the song writing department- there are enough little hooks here and there, but things never seem to coalesce into a truly great song. Because of this, the final two songs on the EP ("Mummy's Big Plan" and "Back to Mine") whiz by in a blur of rock'n'roll without really getting a chance to make a lasting impression. And that happened every time I listened to them. |
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| Dan Snowdon - 6/10 |
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