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The B-Movie Heroes Sibling Revelry Embryo/MGM Oh, this album could have been good. I mean, it really could have been - though I'm not too impressed by their name, the B-Movie Heroes seem to have a good sound, Rhys Watson has a good voice, and their psychedelic approach to Australian indie music is really much appreciated. The only problem is that... well, this album isn't good. It should be, but the production and songwriting lets it down. It sounds too much like a home recording (in an age when many home recordings now sound like they came from million-dollar recording studios), and that amateur approach has a rather negative effect on the slightly tedious nature of their songs. And it's such a shame. For example, first track Bad Habit suffers from a dose of 'yeah-yeah'-itis; High is simply pretentious; Supernova, although good in an almost Gomez way suffers from a really bad guitar sound which doesn't fill the song out enough for it to live up to its potential; Time For A Change sounds a little like it could be an Epicure song, and as such suffers from that level of tedium, in spite of the interesting instrumental journey it takes you along on the way; and Revolution Song, a decent token rocker, again suffers from sloppy songwriting and amateur production. Hopefully this will serve as a great podium from which the B-Movie Heroes will launch themselves, and with a bit more time and more money, they might just be able to make an album worthy of their talents.  |
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