Communiqué - Walk Into the Light
Reviewed by david
Walk Into the Light finds Communiqué soaring to even greater heights in the world of keyboard-driven power pop. Transcending all former material in terms of songwriting and replayability, the EP is much more dance-ready than the band's debut album Poison Arrows, which came out early on in Lookout! Records' slow demise. "Sad Little Valentine" opens with a start/stop jangle guitar line as Steve Loewinsohn's keys innocently romp around the melody; "Got Your Number" has proud gang vocals backing the disc's most rocking song, as Rory Henderson sets his crosshairs on the substance-free "cake and ice cream" bands "moving units," whose success "don't make it right." All in all, these former American Steel members have yet another solid release, and this time they won't let any label problems stand in their way. Download "The Sad Valentine" Download "Got Your Number" [www.sabotproductions.net]