Red Light Company - Arts And Crafts

is the fourth single to be released by Red Light Company and coincides with the release of their debut album ‘Fine Fascination’. The track gets off to slow start, with a single chordal piano - which seems quite boring on paper, however there is an air of anticipation as to what will follow. Vocals are layered on top for twenty seconds and then all of a sudden, in the true alternative fashion that seems to be doing the rounds at the moment, in come epic drums and a massive wall of sound, which is a bit of an anti-climax for all of the tension that was built up beforehand.

The track is big sounding, with beefy guitars, epic drums and a strong vocal with some opportunity for downtime during the verses when the piano is allowed to shine through in the mix. The introduction of a synth during the bridge adds an 80s essence to the whole song, and is a nice distraction from the epic-ness of the song which is quite draining on the eardrums.

The lyrics disappoint on the whole; the song is very much a repeated verse and chorus, however the chorus lyrics are very memorable and have a habit of sticking in your head for a few hours (Your testimony shakes and all you want it breaks / I would never leave / You’ve found somebody else is it true?)

On the whole, the song is very listenable, and hopefully a taste of what their debut album has to offer. It has a certain commercial quality to it which will go down a storm with radio stations all over the UK and I suspect the band will be up there with the likes of counterparts White Lies before we even know it.