EP Review
Kill The Arcadee - An Impostor In The FamilyKill The Arcade - An Impostor In The Family

Kill The Arcade are new to Tree Brain Records; the record label that is home to the extremely catchy UK punk band Tonight Is Goodbye and to be fair Kill The Arcade sound quite similar to Tonight Is Goodbye in so many ways which is a good thing in my opinion as the UK needs their fair share of poppy punk bands to show that it’s not just the Americans running the scene and Tree Brain Records could end up being a good label to rival American's Drive Thru Records if they carry on signing up top notch bands like Kill The Arcade.

Back to Kill The Arcade they are a 5-piece band from the south east of England and they have just released their debut album 'An Impostor In The Family' the EP is just 4 tracks long and running for just over 13 minutes and is quite an impressive sing a long ride.

The EP opens with 'Happy Birthday Bermuda Triangle' which is also the bands lead single to promote the EP and to be fair it is a cracking bit of energetic poppy punk and the best thing is the vocals are very English and extremely catchy and is the kind of song that doesn’t take much effort or many listens to get into. 'The Only Comfort I Can Think Of' is another top notch song with some catchy guitar riffs on offer and once again Lee Newell's vocals are extremely infectious and the backing vocals add a bit of variety to the song. 'There's No Such Thing As Healthy Competition' and 'Back Of Man, I'm A Scientist' are both enjoyable songs just as catchy as the first two tracks from the EP.

The most interesting thing about Kill The Arcade is that they write lyrics that you would expect to hear in some death metal song with subjects such as betrayal, imprisonment, murder and many other dark subjects coming up in their songs, and the band bring the stories to life in an extremely poppy infectious way whilst most people in their genre are singing about love and ex girlfriends.

Overall, Kill The Arcade are an exceptionally talented band and have the potential to become extremely successful, let’s hope major radio stations and music TV shows pick up on the band and give them the much deserved air play they need

4/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Kill The Arcade - Band
Daniel Kingham
Christopher Davidson
Samuel L Jackson
Leonard Newell
Frank Colucci
 Track Listing
1. Happy Birthday Bermuda Triangle
2. Only Comfort I Can Think Of
3. There's No Such Thing As Healthy Competition
4. Back Off I'm A Scientist
 Band Related Links
Kill The Arcade Myspace
Kill The Arcade Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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