Welcome to AmpedReviews.net
We have been around since 2006 and bring you the best of CD and Live reviews aswell as Interviews with bands, features and live photography! If you're interested in appearing on or writing for the website please get in contact
Tracklisting
1. Number One Thing
2. The Worst is Over
3. From My Reach
4. Fear To Lose
The latest offering in the wave of British post-punk bands, Attention Thieves has some pretty big footsteps to walk in. Their self-titled E.P. – due on December 4th – gives a four-song taste of how the band from Reading, England, plans on following their piers.
The plan – unfortunately – doesn’t call for blazing any new trails, and that is what is really needed anymore to set a band apart. It’s not that Attention Thieves are bad musicians or songwriters by any means, it is just that they sound like so many punk/emo bands out there, with nothing really unique to distinguish them and make the music stick in the listener’s memory.
The opening track, ‘Number One Thing’ is the E.P.’s most hook-filled song, and a definite bid for radio-play. It features the strongest and most compelling vocal work from the band, but like the other tracks, it’s a good enough song, but there’s really nothing memorable about it.
‘The Worst is Over’ and ‘From my Reach’ are both taken from the same mold: catchy guitar melodies with sing-a-long choruses. They could almost have been blended into one longer song without any real difference being noticed. That probably would have been a good idea – that or just picking one track – and using the time to explore other musical scenes, but the audience that the record is aimed for – teenagers and punk-fans – probably don’t want too much variation. Or so the Thieves seem to think.
The closing track, ‘Fear to Lose,’ is the best of the lot. It’s the most adventurous both musically and vocally, and shows that when the band decides to switch things up, they can be quite successful. This is the road that they need to explore if they want to maintain any staying power.
It isn’t a bad debut, though it should really be more of a dangling of toes in the water; help get a sense of what works, what stays, and what matters. Attention Thieves don’t live up to their name yet, but there’s still time.
Interview with MiMi Soya
We recently spoke to Brighton based pop rock outfit, MiMi Soya about their brand new EP 'I Can't Stand Pop Bands,' their recent success and what is still yet to come from the band. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Behinds the scenes with My Darkest Days
We recently went behind the scenes with My Darkest Days on their July 2010 tour, opening for Sick Puppies alongside It's Alive and Janus.
Mark Goodwin of Sick Puppies
We recently spoke to Mark Goodwin of Sick Puppies about Rock Prophecies, who he would like to share a stage with and what's new about their recent tour.
It's Alive
We recently spoke to It's Alive about their recent tour in support of Sick Puppies and shooting the video for their single 'Pieces.'
Tommi Thunder from Suicide Love Boat
We spoke to Tommi Thunder of Suicide Love Boat about the band’s scam tour to Germany, stolen guitars, cut fingers, lost brothers, playing drunk and many others. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Jonas Karsten from Vanity Beach
We talked to Jonas Karsten of Vanity Beach about their long-awaited second album ‘A Life of Vice’, a new line-up and producer and many other curious sidelights. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Dead Confederate
We spoke to Dead Confederate during the last day of SXSW about what they've been up to and their new album READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Burn The Fleet
We spoke to this Southampton based group about their local music scene and how they are breaking out from it. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Silent Disguise
We spoke to metal band Silent Disguise about their journey to where they are today and what is on the horizon. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Phillip Edwards from Boys With X-Ray Eyes
We spoke to drummer Phillip Edwards about the bands rise since their debut. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Gustav Wood from Young Guns
We talk to the young front man about the Kerrang! Relentless tour and what it feels like to be an unsigned band that is currently making huge waves in the rock music industry. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Lost Prophets
We talk to Lost Prophets about their new album 'The Betrayed' and their current tour of the UK READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Funeral For A Friend
We talked to Funeral For A Friend members Darran and Gavin about their new 'Greatest Hits' album and how Gavin felt about joining the band. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
Angel Ibarra from Aiden
Back in June we talked to Aiden guitarist Angel Ibarra about the new record and the recent troubles that the band have faced. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
