There's been a lot of love expressed for the latest IDHAS Audio Extravaganza after it's return yesterday, fresh from a couple of months absence. One of the most mentioned songs by you has been the third in revelation that is Space Cadet's Bad Luck. It is a hurricane of a song caught between 70's Glam Rock and 80's Indie.
So it makes sense to tell you about the upcoming album that's released on the 26th. The album is straight out of Massachusetts, but sounds much more 80's UK Indie. I suppose people would call it Post Punk now, although in it's heyday, no one ever mentioned that term. The genre term is reflective and tells you nothing about the music.
Lion On A Leash is a Guitar Riff led Rock album in which the Pop is fighting to get out. The Guitar Sound is very Billy Duffy and I keep thinking of The Cult, although these guys are far more melodic than The Cult could ever be. They are not even a happy version of The Cult, so it is probably the riffs that direct me that way.
There are a lot of influences around, all of them seem to be in the UK Indie scene. Having said that Lose Control ventures into Space Rock and almost Modern Prog. The closing Instrumental, Slo, heads toward something almost Coheed And Cambria.
Having said that Forever For A While is stomping Pop whilst If Only is a Bass driven joy and then there's Bad Luck, an absolute killer of a single, a song should cue for the next party, whenever that is. The biggest compliment that I can give the album is that there's nothing around like it at the moment.
The Guitar runs are hypnotic, hooks are held on to until you can't get them out of your head. Just when you think you've sussed Space Cadet out, they offer up something completely surprising. It'll be interesting to hear what the direction the next album takes, but this is a splendid debut in a time when the guitar isn't as important as it should be.
You can pre-order the album and get the three embedded tracks now here.
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