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- Artist: Boy Kill Boy
- Album: Civilian
- Label: Vertigo
- Year of Release: 2006
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- Reviewed by: dadair on 2006-06-21
RecommendPast single 'Back Again' opens this debut album of thrusting, ebb and flow indie riffs that toss and turn betwixt the raw nature of The Strokes and the rhythm of Supergrass, creating a pathway for the strutting vocals of Chris Peck. The haughtily cock-sure 'On And On' is the most pounding offering, utilizing punchy vocal swipes and racing guitars to create a driving feel that helps to get the album motoring. Matters take a bit of a dip towards the middle, as the East Londoner's try to maintain a tempo, but tracks like the dragging 'Six Minutes' that sees them catching The Subways bug and repeating the chorus as many times as possible, seemingly for want of anything else to include.
'Ivy Parker' is the band's best effort at a slow burning love-out, personally, on this evidence, I think they should' leave that to Snow Patrol. It is not long before Boy Kill Boy return to form and demonstrate why they have been picked to support Hard-fi in the past and to headline the NME New Bands tour, as the title track contains some pungent grit that lies underneath the prowling singing and bolstering guitars and keyboard element, while feeding from a brazen percussive trough. The ascent back up from the above mentioned dip is completed in the Hard-Fi territory stomping 'Friday-Friday'. This has the most noticeable keyboard kick and is a provocative poser of a modern indie tune. As debut, 'Civil Sin' is a laudable effort, but you just get the impression that the creases in the middle could have been ironed out with a little care and attention from a band with undoubted potential.
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on 2007-04-29 mschmitt Said:
The highly anticipated debut album release from the London rockers Boy Kill Boy hits shelves in summer, and is best described as a contemplation of current indie and post-punk rock. The bright and bouncy songs are a mish-mash of the type of sound that most people think of when they hear “indie.” The instrumentals and rhythms of the songs are a mix of Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, and The Bravery. Songs such as “Suzie” draw from the choppy vocal rhythm of Fall Out Boy, but sound more like The Killers. Dance beats and extra instruments remind one again of The Bravery and Sound Team. Boy Kill Boy is very stereotypical in this sense, there was nothing new or unique about the album, just a good mix of indie, post-punk, and dance. The lyrics are simple and typical, mainly about relationships, and not happy ones. The vocals edge in on annoying at times, and some songs are repetitive and boring. Listeners, especially those who like some but not all of the bands that influence Boy Kill Boy, will find some songs that just rub them the wrong way. Although Boy Kill Boy is simply a puddle of current popular indie rock, they’re good at being a puddle. The album is altogether good and fun to listen to. Their sound is mature and professional, and any fan of indie-meets-punk-meets-dance will find a song or two here that will have them dancing in their seat, drumming on their steering wheel, or banging their head.
Rating: 7/10
