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Shield Your Eyes – Theme From Kindness
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Shield your ears, more like! Seriously though, Theme From Kindness sounds like it was recorded in the bassist’s living room over a single weekend. Oh wait, it was. Unfortunately though, it doesn’t quite come off for the London-based band, mainly because vocalist Stef Ketteringham appears to have recorded his takes from an upstairs bathroom, almost always managing to sound like Jamie Lenman of Reuben channelling a pissed-up Mark E Smith from down a well. In other words, his grating vocals taint some truly impressive moments from this post-hardcore act. Shield Your Eyes aren’t a bad band per se, but the value of their music would be drastically improved if they went instrumental. Brian Coney

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KEY TRACKS: ‘I TOOK MY LEAD FROM YOU AND YOUR KINDNESS’, ‘TOO LITTLE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THE SOUL’, ‘PNEULOPE’.
FOR FANS OF: POLVO, ONEIDA, REUBEN.

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