Violet Bones are a four man post punk indie rock band from Cambridge, UK.
Like so many other bands ploughing this furrow they are high on energy and low on ideas.
Brash Liam Gallagher / Strummer-esque vocals can't mask the fact that this is a weak and predictable collection of songs.
You detect a vague spirit of apolitical rebellion but with no cause to ignite the music.
All that you will find are a few tame digs at 'straight' society such as on I Feel The Need : "Other people don't get me - they're busy looking for careers" and advocacy of lifestyle choices with minimal appeal: "Let's get drunk - stay awake for ever" (Now Or Never)
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Their one state of the British nation address (Aristotle, Albion & Lerne) has obscure references to closed mines and forgotten soldiers and a bombastic pledge that "this song isn't for you it's for the whole of mankind".
I'll pass, if it's all the same to you.
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