Situationists – This City Holds Us All
I tend to fawn and gush over bands on Tough Love Records to the extent that it can be a little embarrassing, but I genuinely love both The Sequins and Honeytrap. With Situationists, on the other hand, I can see a relationship that could go either way.
There’s a lot to like on this EP, and at the best they have absolutely nailed the perfect mix of old-fashioned indie sound and more current, punchy guitar pop. There are moments within a couple of the songs that can be a little flat – a little standard, I guess – but when they’re good they are very good. So where do they go from here? Well I couldn’t tell you, obviously – if I could predict that kind of thing I’d be richer – but they do have another EP in the pipeline so I am looking forward to seeing if they can build on what is a very promising start.
The packaging alone makes this EP worth buying. You get a piece of 10″ vinyl and a CD of the EP itself, all wrapped up in an excellent piece of graphic design and a really nicely executed, heavyweight card sleeve. Tough Love put a fuck of a lot of effort and investment into their packaging, and are one of the few labels out there where simply owning the digital files just isn’t enough.
Situationists – This City Holds Us All
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More coverage! You’re brilliant.
I do like the song you posted, obviously, but the last song on the EP, “Whiskey and Water” is probably my favourite Tough Love song ever. That’s indicative of where they’re going with the next EP and i can assure you it will be amazing (i’m listening to the new songs as i type now).
Oh and if you were interested in buying a copy, i’d do so now as there’s only about 4 copies left now.
Well I may be wrong, but I read something comparing the two. Perhaps the buzz started at about the same time or something like that, but think these guys might be from Brighton. Time I actually did some fucking research I suspect.
I like this song. Sounds quite a bit like Futureheads, doesn’t it?