Single title:
Back To Earth EP
Artist:
Battle
Not to be confused with avant-garde noisemeisters Battles (who are vastly more original and interesting), that the band Battle were once called The Killing Moon gives a clue to their obvious influences and lack of imagination. With a 'Tendency' to sound like Feargal Sharkey fronting The Cure, vocalist Jason Bavanandan was apparently inspired to write his vapid lyrics by reading about "a woman who broke her face doing a parachute jump." This is mentioned in the press release as if intended to impress, but it merely bemuses. Apparently though the NME think the daft lad is "the best pop star the world doesn't know about yet" and The Sun describe them as "somewhere between Bloc Party and Coldplay." Believe me, they're even more boring than that sounds, despite their perfectly acceptable musicianship being solidly, if uninspiringly, brought to life by Futureheads producer Gareth Jones. [Milo McLaughlin]