(Morning Star, Friday 08 June 2007)
ALBUM: Metro Riots - Night Time Angel Candy
(Universal)
BLAZING a trail, like a set of indie scenesters, straight through Camden, it will come as no surprise to all and sundry that the pseudo-politically monikered Metro Riots hail from London.
The mixing of their stylised indie-punk and standard blues here is quite a treat.
Single New Epidemic is a definite strength in the canon, giving lie to the assumption that young bands don't know what came before.
In fact, maybe Metro Riots' biggest problem would be looking backward a little too much. A band so aware of musical history cannot help but ape. On New Epidemic, as on the excellent Baby You've Become Another Habit, they do make the slip of throwing their punky blues influences into too small a pot, coming out with a 1970s garage band's wet dream of an anthem for disaffected youth.
Still, they rock and they look the part, so go on, Metro Riots, have your moment in the limelight. You've sort of earned it.
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