Now this is an odd one. From the promo stuff Paul gave me I was thinking I had a Busted wannabe band on my hands. Slipping the CD into my walkman however and this is actually “punkâ€â€¦ I guess. I’ve always thought how strange it was. The punk “sceneâ€, almost more than any other, both musically and stylistically, is amazing in the sheer volume of fundamentally different styles it not only embraces but promotes and yet there are legions of bands doing exactly the same thing. This thrashy, melodic stuff has been kicking around for ages, it can often be good but it’s very difficult for the purveyors of this particular musical path to shine, to be different within the strict guidelines which seemingly control structure, harmony and chord
progressions.
Long Story Short kicks off with the dark “Crazy Simon†and Drawn to Scale quickly establish their sound. From herein it barely changes, they work on it, and it is good, and its fine but it doesn’t really do anything. DTS just exist; they don’t seem to move, the lyrics convey little emotion, the swearing seems forced, I suppose what I’m saying is it all seems a little pre-meditated, a little calculated. There are flashes of quality, “It’s looking like†sees the band trying something a little different; it shows that DTS aren’t that bad, this CD however just seems a little lacklustre.
So, Drawn to Scale, I can imagine them being quite powerful live but here it’s all fairly mundane. Songs drift by without ever really hitting home, they seem to be doing quite well for themselves so I wish them luck, but my overall feeling is that with just a little hint of something different this band could be good rather than mediocre. Save your pennies for now and buy some Million Dead.
www.drawntoscale.co.uk
Steve