At 7.30pm on Monday evening I arrived at The Maccabees official website, so very eager to download and hear ‘No Kind Words’, the very first exciting glimpse of new material from the band. As the record starts, you hear the familiar drum beat which appear in most of The Maccabees songs. Expecting a sudden thrash of guitars and a contagious riff to follow, I was sadly faced with something much plainer. As Orlando Weeks begins to sing, another major difference is clear. His voice, much more sombre and deep than before sounds ever so upset about something, perhaps about how disappointing this record is. The song never picks up any more speed or enthusiasm, leaving me bitterly let down by a band whose first album is one of my favourites of all time.
Perhaps, and I’m hoping because this was free, that this is not the best of their new material. I hate writing negatively about the band but ‘No Kind Words’ just doesn’t have the same pizzazz or the same in your face, memorable qualities that every song on ‘Colour It In’ possesses. Though as the song says, if I’ve got no kind words to say, maybe I should say nothing at all.
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