Album Review: The Nuclears - "Seasides"
Another group signed to the increasingly prolific Rum Bar records across the pond, the Nuclears remind me oddly of an American version of the Rezillos with their alternating male/female vocals. It also maybe isn't a surprise to find that as with a lot of Rum Bar bands, there's a noticeable Ramones influence on here. It's been done many times before but at least on opening track Siamese Connection , the group manage to put their own twist on it, sounding like da Bruddas covering the Dolls' Vietnamese Baby with some added Jerry Lee style piano on it. Not a bad opener at all. Unfortunately a few cracks soon begin to show after this promising start - Steer You Wrong and the almost doo-wop style Small Talk have a bit of potential but are sunk by flat over-glossy production which badly dilutes the sound while Make The First Move just sinks into power-pop-by-numbers mediocity. Mystery Slinger which recalls the excellent bluesy garage rock of the Bellrays at least ...