I think it would be fair to say that Noiseland Arcade have been listening to a lot of Hard-Fi, and perhaps a little Franz Ferdinand, though it’s the Slough influence that’s most obvious on opener ‘Clap Your Hands!”. ‘Going Down (to the Disco)’ even has the kind of title Hard-Fi would think was cool and sounds very similar to ‘Clap Your Hands!”. By the time ‘Panic.Attacks!’, the final track here comes around sounding EXACTLY the same, all thoughts of Noiseland Arcade having a voice of their own have evaporated. Three songs, all played at the same tempo, with almost the same tune. Not a good start.
