WinterKids - Memoirs
Reviewed by mike
The buzz surrounding WinterKids, yet another British band set to be “the next big thing,” has been insatiable. Other than selling three hundred advance copies of their debut diary Memoirs to pay for their trip to South By Southwest, I’m not entirely sure why. An aspect of their sound has been compared to the pop-punk of Blink-182, but while their lyrics approach the juvenile blather of Blink (“Tape It,” the track garnering most of the buzz, is about recording a favorite TV show) the new wave-y Angels and Airwaves would be the more appropriate pairing. More arty and mature, their sound rates comparison to Bloc Party on a lesser scale. An understanding of melody, well-placed layers of keyboard textures, and singer James Snider’s snarling accent are all that separates them from American emo acts like Panic! At the Disco and Fall Out Boy, but fans of that rapidly decaying genre might get a kick out of WinterKids just the same. [www.myspace.com]