Beat Manifesto LP Review

All I can say is “Wow!”. Since receiving the LP Beat Manifesto for review I have played it constantly. What caught my attention immediately was the driving bass lines, very reminiscent of one of my favourite bass players; Les Pattinson from Echo and the Bunnymen. At times I wondered about the singing, was he trying to sound like David Bowie or was it his natural style? Then I thought “who cares, it’s great either way”.

There is not one song that lets this album down, just buy it, trust me. The drums at time sound weird, certain snare fills off time, etc… But this all adds to the bands feel.

It is not a new sound and could easily have been released in the late 80s, and for me that’s a good thing.

There are no huge guitar solos, or 8 minute songs. It’s pure alternative/indie passion. I’m not sure if they’d be good live, but I will find out at my first opportunity.

We don’t usually give scores for albums at Muzic.net.nz but if we did, this would be 9/10. Nice!

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