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Say hello to the newest cheeky Brit pop band to cross the pond.
Perhaps best described as a hybrid of The Kooks and The Arctic Monkeys (with a touch of The Cold War Kids), The Rifles are looking to break through to North American audiences.
Presenting The Great Escape EP — an energetic, light-hearted sample of what The Rifles have to offer.
I thoroughly enjoyed all four featured tracks. The Rifles exude a jangly, playful vibe that is conveyed in each of their sample tracks. Short guitar licks and light, upbeat percussion give the EP an all-over energetic, slightly retro grunge-band feel.
The band was formed in 2004, and their debut album, No Love Lost, peaked the UK charts at #26. The Rifles recently signed with Nettwerk in North America and will be touring our side of the Atlantic come autumn.
Pleasant, and feel-good, if this EP is any indication to what the LP will sound like, I think there’s room for The Rifles to make a name for themselves and capture the hearts of North American Indie fans everywhere. Keep an eye out for this fantastic four; they’ll be doing big things in the next year.
Read on for the tracklist and mp3s
The Great Escape EP Tracklist:
1. The Great Escape
2. Darling Girl
3. I Could Never Lie
4. A Love To Die For
by on August 6, 2009 ‡ 0 reactions
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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
interesting! sounds like early blur meets the jam with a dash of kaiser chiefs? or, i dunno… maybe i should just but the plunt down.
Not quite sure why they’re just plucking four songs and releasing them as an EP. They’ve got the whole album ready to go… it came out over this side of the Atlantic last year.
They are very Arctic Monkeys meet Kaiser Chiefs.
repeated offender and she’s got standards are party classics