CHECKERS, THE - Running With Scissors CD (NEW) (M)

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(ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS AROUND AT THE MOMENT BRINGS US THEIR SECOND FULL-LENGTH RELEASE!!! THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS AND SOMEWHAT BRILLIANT EXPLOSION OF NEW SOUNDS AND NEW FLAVOURS. THE ALBUM OPENS WITH A SONG CALLED 'INVITATION' THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING PINK FLAG-ERA WIRE MIGHT PLAY IF JOAN JETT DECIDED TO FRONT THE BAND, AND ENDS WITH A SONG CALLED 'BASS WOLF,' A DARK 'N' DELICIOUS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BASSIST OF JAPAN'S GUITAR WOLF THAT INCLUDES ONE OF THE BAND'S MOST IMPRESSIVE RIFFS. IN BETWEEN, THE MUSIC FLASHES BY FAST AND FURIOUS IN SHADES OF BLUE AND GRAY THAT MATCH THE ALBUM'S STARK COVER PHOTO OF A PAIR OF SCISSORS PLACED AGAINST A SLIGHTLY BLOOD-SPATTERED BLACK BACKDROP. THE REVERB DRENCHED JANGLE ON THE INTRO OF 'SEARCHING FOR YOU' SOUNDS LIKE EARLY '60S KINKS BUT SUDDENLY EXPLODES INTO A BIG BLAST OF PLAYFUL POP THAT BOASTS THEIR MOST INVENTIVE MELODY YET; THE TITLE SONG SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING THEY'VE EVER ATTEMPTED AND ACTUALLY HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH BROODING ENGLISH ART SCHOOL POST-PUNK THAN BLONDIE OR NIKKI & THE CORVETTES; AND THEIR COVER OF THE EARLY TUBEWAY ARMY RARITY 'BLUE EYES' IS JUST SIMPLY AMAZING AND SHOWS WHAT GREAT TASTE THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD IN PICKING SONGS WITH THE PERFECT FIT)

FEATURES

1-The Invitation

2-Come On Now

3-Searching For You

4-Pick A Prize

5-Blue Eyes

6-Running With Scissors

7-We Are

8-Turn Me On!

9-Tag, You're It

10-Bass Wolf

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