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Bath brothers William, Ollie and Timothy Walter were previously in the Rock Pirates, a Darkness copy group who sang, with no little irony, of having "balls of steel." Having sensibly regrouped and rebranded, they're still proving uncanny imitators, but are now taking their blueprint from the White Stripes and the Black Keys. Whether there's room for another blues-rock-glam-stomping vehicle or not, they certainly bring energy to the game, and aren't unfamiliar with the concept of big hooks and choruses. When they get it wrong (and Kasabian producer Jim Abbiss has not necessarily helped by replicating that band's "ooh-ooh"s), they sound like any indie rock band of the last 10 years (notably the Fratellis). However, Pushing It and Together are big, swaggering riff monsters. It takes all the bros' proverbial metal cojones to rhyme "a litte insane" with "acid rain", and suggesting Don't Waste Your Time On Me ("I will only let you down") really is asking for trouble, but there's enough here to suggest their adventure isn't over yet.
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