Tin Alley
Polar Bear
Melbourne trio Tin Alley’s single Polar Bear kicks off with a killer riff that leaves you anticipating something in the realm of The Exploders’ fast and punchy My Country Brain. Instead, it drops off into a verse bereft of any of the grunt its intro so emphatically promises.
It sounds empty: lackluster vocals, bass devoid of melody, and scattered with frustrating reminders of a riff that really should have been carried all the way through this song. It’s certainly in keeping with the band’s self described “stripped down indie rock” style, but the track doesn’t come together in a way that keeps you interested – even during it’s more fluid and audibly richer second half.
Nonetheless I reckon it’s going to take a while to get that opening riff out my head.
Make up your own mind – check the track out here.
1 comment
June says:
Aug 26, 2009
Haha and this is coming from someone who cant write music Good One!!!!!