Album Review: The Imbeciles - "Imbecilica"
I have to be honest and say that my expectations of going into listening to this new album by Anglo-Americans the Imbeciles was that we were in for a set of fast and shouty Bad Religion/Dead Kennedys style punk rock - I think maybe the band name and the Bedtime For Democracy style album cover might well have coloured my judgment there to be honest. Suffice to say that I was very wrong. If anything the Imbeciles reside in the poppier end of the post-punk spectrum and it's not a bad place to be - the opening track here Tiny Blue People could almost be Wire in one of their more melodic moments while It's Not About You and I'm Not The One owe a slight nod to latter day Gaslight Anthem with its jangling guitars and catchy chorus. The gentle London Rain even has a tip of the hat to Ray Davies and Name Of The Rose has that unmistakeable Sweet style floor-stomping glam rock drumbeat powering it along. It doesn't get any less ambitious as it goes on either - ...