4 blokes from London in a band called Wheels, influences ranging from Blur to Buckley, Verve to Pulp (obviously). I’m just quite confused about the identity of this band, they come complete with a psychadelic logo, and Feel About Me is such an amazingly catchy pop song, backed by an excellent video, but I caught a strong whiff of american alternative , with George Runciman’s switch in accent. Yet in Words, he swerves into Richard Ashcroft mode – nothing wrong with that, should be a compliment infact, but do we really need to revive britrock again? It certainly isn’t waning. Ask Liam Gallagher and he’ll tell ya.
[Video: Wheels - Feel About Me]
There is NO DENYING that it’s good guitar pop: they’ve sincerely got very strong radio-friendly stadium-ready tunes, definitely one that is made to sell records, especially the track Sometimes. But if I was a record label, would I really put out another record that sounds exactly the same to the bands that pre-dated this one? Hell, if all the boys in London really wanna revive britrock, bring back the Mansun types, Suede, Placebo, Manics.
[Video: Wheels - Words]
Here’s a free download courtesy of their PR folks:
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