Album Review
Floors And Walls - What Can We Do TodayFloors And Walls - What Can We Do Today

A few months ago I checked out Floors And Walls single 'The Stand' and was pretty impressed with it. I now have the bands debut album 'What Can We Do Today' to review. The album shows that the band have a whole range of influences from Red Hot chilli Peppers, Rage Against The Machine and even The Streets.

'What Can We Do Today' opens up with 'Head Access' which was the bands debut single and features guitar riffs so similar to Rage Against The Machine and vocals so fast yet so different from most vocals in the alternative music scene at the moment, sounding more like Mike Skinner on speed than anything else.

'The Stand' is the first song I heard from Floors And Walls and is a stunning song that mixes hardcore music with fast mc style vocals making a random mixture of music that seems to work really well. 'What To Do' starts off with some guitar work that is blatantly nicked from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but Alex Adams’ vocals stand out so much people will soon forget about the similarity of guitar riffs.

The main bit that stands out with most of the songs on this album are the lyrics and Alex Adams vocals. In 'Boracic man (The Poor Song)', Alex's vocals are quite mc like but soon turn more mellow. In 'Tracey' Alex starts off rapping and ends up singing his heart out during the chorus and both vocal styles fit so well within the song. 'Lip Sync' is a ballad style song where Adam shows that he has a perfect singing voice and can hit all the right notes.

'Sick Sad Truth' closes the album and is a really fast track musically and vocally and is worth checking out.

Floors And Walls have made an extremely catchy record that is going to appeal to a wide range of people. The band do have the potential to go far in England but I can’t really see them cracking the American market with their self proclaimed ‘chav-core’ sound, I just don’t think America are ready for it yet, but then again I could be wrong.

3/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members
Floors And Walls - Band
Alex Adams (Vocals)
Dom Mcnulty (Guitar and BV's)
Ian Booth (Bass)
Adam Shamp (Drums)
 Track Listing
1. Head Access
2. The Stand
3. What To Do
4. Grimey
5. Boracic Man
6. Tracey
7. Harder Than It Seems
8. Snake
9. The Sket
10. Lip Sync
11. Sick Sad Truth
 Band Related Links
Floors And Walls Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?