Review Summary: A fun and catchy fifteen minute ride through six foot-tapping and head-bopping tracks.
Alcopop records is known for signing bands that mainly play indie music (hence their slogan ''F-CKIN' INDIE!). Names like
Stagecoach and
Johnny Foreigner come to mind. In 2008 they signed
Cut The Blue Wire only to have them break up not much more than a year later.
Cut The Blue Wire is, while not completely different from the aforementioned two and others on the same label, definitely a worthy addition to the arsenal of Alcopop records.
Writing catchy tunes is definitely in the blood of these five men from Portsmouth. Opener 'Everest' kicks in with a bang, followed by a trumpet synth, overwhelming, soaring vocals and guitars that are not overly-technical but still very divergent when compared to most bands in this genre. The entire album is full of passages that feature really fun and catchy instrumental work. 'All Of This Was Buildings' starts with just a simple guitar riff but soon builds itself up into a chorus that will have you bop your head along every single time you hear it.
The album never really lets up as all six tracks are really upbeat and high-energy songs. This is definitely not a bad thing as the average track is only two and a half minutes long so it never gets tedious or annoying to listen to. Lyrically there is not a lot to mention, most of the lyrics are hooks that go well with the catchiness of the songs. Shouted phrases like ''Wake up! Wake up!'' and ''Leave the worries of the world behind you!'' fit the mood, which switches from happy to semi-frantic, well.
A complaint could be that the songs sound a bit alike and there are no, as mentioned before, slow moments. Clocking in at a total of fourteen minutes and 47 seconds, it definitely wouldn't be my complaint however. 'Revert, Restart, Reset' is a rush, filled with catchiness, poppy hooks and often, for the genre, neat guitarwork. Sadly I, or we, will never know what else these gentlemen could have amounted to, but 'Revert, Restart, Reset' is an entertaining six track EP that definitely makes me wonder about just that.
