After I recently had the full metal platter on the turntable for discussion, this album came at a rather inconvenient time because the contrast was simply too much for me. So first, it went into the drawer to wait until I felt like rock, and that meant pretty much without roll, but with a touch of bombast. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened yet, and still, it's time to finally get this off the table and bring the CD out of obscurity. So, I grabbed the salami, and after a short search, I already have the lovely cardboard sleeve in my hands, at least with the original CD, well. The first song starts with a piano intro that sounds pleasant and then rocks off with the handbrake pulled. The voice somehow reminds me of Placebo, not quite as distinctive, but I can hear the tendency. In the next song, the same vein continues, and you can always hear a certain melody resonating. Only the performance in the third song comes across convincingly, with a cool melody, and the handbrake is finally exchanged for fourth gear, already better, and with a bit of imagination, you can hear the good old Mr. Punk in the background. And so it goes on cheerfully. Light and shadow alternate, sometimes it moves along a bit faster, then there are targeted breaks or completely slow pieces. Sometimes the band plays around with emo, then something metal-heavy booms from the speakers, and at times they really mess around before rocking straightforward again. You can't accuse them of making music that's too simple. However, I keep noticing that I must be a cultural philistine because it just doesn't get into my ear or is elegantly expelled from the ear shell immediately. The music actually varies quite well, among other things with pianos, violins, brass instruments, or an accordion, as in the sixth song, which almost reminds one of Gogol Bordello, without transporting that energy and celebrating pure rock again towards the end of the song. My problem is also a bit the singing, which I initially wanted to dismiss as completely unbearable, but is actually quite good and conveys the melodies nicely, yet it just gets on my nerves. So it's best to listen to the boys yourself, decide if you like it, and don't pay attention to my strange comment. It's too theatrical for me; I don't listen to rock otherwise. In this sense, head over to the homepage of Trustgame. Or, as always, to the MySpace page of the band, kindly made possible by the good old Rupi Murdoch. It was released on Limited Access Records and has been available since mid-June.
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