The Rascals - Out Of Dreams E.P.

Deltasonic

The Rascal’s ‘Out Of Dreams’ doesn’t so much swagger into action as lurch. The big ambitions of the tune’s lolloping bass line never quite succeeds in holding together a band seemingly intent on heading in different directions. It’s as if they’re determined to answer the singer’s “you don’t have to follow” refrain in the affirmative.

There’s a somewhat inexplicable change in tempo two thirds of the way through – a trick they repeat on second track ‘Under The Second Seal’ and several times throughout the E.P. It’s all a little too obvious – the indie-rock equivalent of when Westlife get up off their stools to herald a key change.

Meanwhile ‘Ratcatcher’ and ‘Is It Too Late’ don’t so much wear the influence of the Arctic Monkeys on their sleeves as drape it all over the band in a tarpaulin. Stewart McCullough

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