If you want carefully crafted rock songs written straight for the radio, then Mobile are the band for you. Carrying on The Militia Group’s tradition for releasing records that are choc-full of catchy choruses, Mobile‘s ‘new’ album (which is gaining its first US release after being put out previously in Canada) is destined for bigger things.
Self-confessed fans of Primal Scream, The Cure, Stone Roses, The Police and even Pink Floyd, Mobile aren’t your flavour-of-the-month emo band, and because of that they deserve a little bit of credit. But at the same time their sound reminds me of bands just bursting from the radio – there is a very British influence that comes through, particularly in the vocals, although it doesn’t come across in a way where I’m convinced the band always mean it. That said, pretty much every song on this release has a memorable chorus and catchy hooks and that’s all you need – not the best TMG release, but solid as a rock nonetheless.