We don't even like the Arctic Monkeys and they are actually good at this Geezer Indie Rock sub-genre - or whatever you call it - so you can only imagine how few plays a rip-off band like 5 O'Clock Heroes are going to get in our world. Actually, this kind of thing was inevitable. Record labels falling over each other to sign any band with mediocre melodies and unintelligent lyrics that sound like 'the last big thing'.
Bend To The Breaks is not without it's moments - there are whole solid 10 second blocks in Skin Deep which aren't completely shithouse where we even considered giving them a second chance. It's only when they kick into another song which sounds like a Christian rock pub band covering The Libertines' entire back catalogue and mashing into a radio-friendly four minutes that we decided to finally give up on them.
It's catchy, but it's also braindead retarded bullshit.
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