‘Wasted On Youth’
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THE MOLOTOVS – WASTED ON YOUTH – ALBUM REVIEW
A lot of big words have been used to describe sibling duo The Molotovs. The London based band have been coupled to that hype train and have spent the past year touring non-stop in order to get their name out there.
Finally, though the time has arrived for that all important debut album and fans already onboard will be familiar with many of the songs that make up ‘Wasted on Youth’. It’s still nice though to hear them collected together in this eleven track, thirty-two minute whirlwind of a record.
Wearing their influences very much on their sleeves, you get the attitude of punk, the swagger of Britpop indie and the grit of garage rock bundled together in an aesthetic eerily reminiscent of The Jam.
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Produced by Jason Perry who has a proven track record for harnessing the catchiness of songs, it shouldn’t be a surprise that singable choruses are central to this album as pop slickness is embraced as well.
At times paying homage to their heroes translates with a little too much cliché but you can look past that if you just want to enjoy these songs at face value. There will be those sceptical of the quick rise of the band but on the evidence of this album the hype is warranted.
The album is very youthful in feel and there is certainly room for growth from Mathew and Issey Cartlidge but the talent is here to enable that growth given time. Closing with early single ‘Today’s Gonna Be Our Day’ feels apt as you feel that the release of this album is just the beginning of what will be many good days for the band.
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