She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge

Nothing irritates me in the same way as making every band the lovechild of two established bands. Granted, the human brain perhaps best understands unknown and intangible concepts (such as music) in terms of comparison. Sure, Sugar in the Raw might sound like Katrina and the Waves meets Ted Leo + the Pharmacists, but it just seems lazy; there has to be another way to describe a band. That said She Wants Revenge is part Interpol and part Fisherspooner. I hate to say it like that, but I could swear some of these songs are Casey Spooner remixes of B-sides from Antics. The two members of the group, Justin and Adam state, “We just wanted to make a record that would make girls dance and cry.” Unfortunately I can’t say they really achieved either. The vocals are all too Ian Curtis/Paul Banks with a hint of David Bowie. The lyrics have the swagger and over-dramatics of any good self-indulgent hipster, seemingly half the songs being a “she said, he said” third person story of life on the Lower East Side. Overall, I think She Wants Revenge could be band I could really get into. I don’t dislike it now, even with its shoddy drum machine beats and general dark wave visions of grandeur. But who knows, this band could grow to fill that pesky albeit narrow gap between your Joy Division and Depeche Mode albums. [www.shewantsrevenge.com]