tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665647244986970475.post-39204525776928053402009-07-06T23:34:00.000+01:002009-07-06T23:36:55.173+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SlJ8fdhhk_I/AAAAAAAAMyU/VVguhLcv5vU/s1600-h/FUTURE+OF+THE+LEFT+%E2%80%93+TRAVELS+WITH+MYSELF+AND+ANOTHER.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SlJ8fdhhk_I/AAAAAAAAMyU/VVguhLcv5vU/s200/FUTURE+OF+THE+LEFT+%E2%80%93+TRAVELS+WITH+MYSELF+AND+ANOTHER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355479786839970802" /></a>Let’s shed a few words on the album cover, which deserves mentioning: It is always a good sign when you see that a band has had visual taste into choosing the design to represent their CD, and this is the case for Travels With Myself and Another.<span class="fullpost"><br />Not that a good album can be told by its cover, because by this rule Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, would have never seen a sale with the obscenity of the picture into which they courageously wrapped their historic masterpiece (there is a little goat for each member of the band in that picture! I don’t get it, goats are not even proper pets and they are not musical either...). Anyway, when you buy an album it is reassuring to know that at least your eyes will be pleased. <br /><br />It is even more reassuring when listening to the album you find out that the trio from Cardiff have decided to detach themselves from the political apathy and socio-realistic void by which an exhaustingly increasing part of their contemporaries militate, in pursuit of that perfect 80’s carefree glitter. Future Of The Left know it is no longer the eighties (thanks God because someone should tell other people too), they are switched on and awake in a decade marked by war and economic depression and this album is their reaction to this time. That is why most of the album is preached and screamed by Falk’s strident vocals chasing the hectic drums and speedy guitars, and not melodically sung and polished, which really would contrast with the contemporary chaos we are in.<br /><br />Songs like Arming Eritrea, You Need Satan More Than He Needs You and Lapsed Catholics reveal cutting wordplay and poignant tackle of themes. All expressed with a certain urgent veraciousness, which makes this album appealing and involving.<br /><br />Maybe this will not be a pioneer in rock history, because admittedly, its sound is not the most cutting-edge, innovative, or groundbreaking, but at least it rocks.<br /> <br />By Liza Adebisi <br /><br />Rating: 7/10<br />Format: Album<br />Release Date: Out Now<br />Label: 4AD<br />www.myspace.com/futureoftheleft<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5665647244986970475-3920452577692805340?l=www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk' alt='' /></div>noizenoreply@blogger.com0