Waterloo To Anywhere-Dirty Pretty Things (Waterloo To Anywhere - Dirty Pretty Things)

Member Name: SpookyMoon

Product:	Waterloo To Anywhere - Dirty Pretty Things
Date:	29/05/09 (5 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lyrically,musically and vocally catchy-punk rock outfit with much acclaim.

Disadvantages: I just dont find this band to stand out from the crowd nor have much originality.

The debut album (Waterloo To Anywhere) by British indie rock outfit Dirty Pretty Things is fronted by former Libertine Carl Barât.

I will start by talking about one of my favourite things about this album and that's the wonderful artwork on the cover. It's done by Artist Hannah Bays and I really appreciate the effort gone in to the cover design as we are now in the age of the download where inlay art is really falling by the wayside, sadly.

Although I really wanted to be a fan of The Dirty Pretty Things, I can never quite muster the energy to like them. I think this is because although their sound is really good and definitely likeable, they sort of seem to blend into other bands in this genre and I struggle to be able to distinguish their sound from others like them.

Vocally and musically this band clearly hold some talent-vocalist has a nice melodic (slightly nasal) quality to his voice and although that sounds like a bad description, it does work for a punk sounding band. Lyrically this band are pretty good too, writing honestly in a traditionally brutal style for this genre of music.

This album has a really upbeat punk/rock kind of feel which is definitely alluring and I think they wouldnt have problems catching your attention initially (I just worry about how well they would keep it once they have it).

Summary: Pretty unoriginal album/band.