The Flaws - Achieving Vagueness
Their early singles saw them heralded as the Great White Hopes of Irish rock and on debut album, ‘Achieving Vagueness’, The Flaws prove they’ve got the bite to back up the bluster. Sonically their lineage can be traced back to the eighties and the dark guitar excursions of Echo & The Bunnymen and The Cure. They’re pickpockets with pizzazz and even if songs such as ‘1981’ and ‘Lost In A Scene’ sound a tad derivative you cannot help but be lured in. What’s more, in Paul Finn they have a singer of distinction, the undiluted sincerity of his vocal gently enfolding the intimate, love-bruised lyrics. ‘Achieving Vagueness’ is a confident debut and if they can loosen their grip on the past, they might have a remarkable future.
Words_Francis Jones
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DOWNLOAD: ‘1981’, ‘Idolise’, ‘Throwaway’
FOR FANS OF: Echo & The Bunnymen, U2
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