Album Review
Failsafe - The Truth IsFailsafe - The Truth Is

Failsafe are one hell of a talented band and they deserve all the success that they are going to get now their new album 'The Truth Is' has just been released. Failsafe are one of those bands that have done things the right way by working their arses off making a name for themselves in the UK underground punk/rock circuit playing the toilet sized venues in pretty much every town and city of the UK. I first came across Failsafe in February 2005 when they toured with my favourite UK underground band at the time Phinius Gage, and they played at the extremely small Two Pigs venue in Cheltenham, the show was a blast I became a converted Failsafe fan and purchased their album at the time 'What We Are Today' which spent a lot of time spinning in my cd player.

It’s now 3 years on since I saw Failsafe play in Cheltenham and release their album 'What We Are Today', the band have now left Deck Cheese Records and signed a deal with Small Town Records who have just released their new 11 track album 'The Truth Is', and in all honesty the album is one of the best releases I have come across from a UK band in a long time, you can certainly tell that the bands constant touring and slaving away has really paid off for them and it’s now time for them to breakthrough and be a band for the next generation of upcoming UK bands to look up to.

Over recent months Small Town Records have signed up some good bands and put out some great releases, with the latest Fei Comodo mini album 'They All Have Two Faces' being the labels biggest and best release to date, well that is until now as 'The Truth Is' has a 5 star rating written all over it, the album can’t be faulted, it’s really fast and energetic sounding with more melodies than ever and some of the catchiest choruses you have ever come across.

The album starts off on a big high with 'Only If We Learn', the song is crammed full of big and fast guitar riffs, bouncy bass riffs and the dual vocals from Jim and Andy is what really makes this song stand out from pretty much everything else, the song is full of melody and the vocals have that catchy feel that will rope you into singing along, overall it’s a big sounding and very impressive song.

'A Common Goal' has some really strong sounding bass lines that really brings the song to life, the vocals flow freely in a really infectious way. 'Cities And Headlights' is the slowest and most toned down song on the album but it still manages to be impressive.

If you have MTV2 or have been watching Kerrang TV a lot recently then you might have seen the video for 'Hope' as the song is playing on those channels quite often now, the song is great and has the formula of a hit song in the way that it has crunching guitar riffs, a huge chorus and an all over rocking feeling, this is Failsafe at their best and if this song doesn’t bring the band a whole new range of fans then nothing will.

The riffage on 'Mirror Mirror' is something the Failsafe boys should be proud off, as the opening riffs are meaty sounding full on rock riffs, the song is a really infectious number with another outstanding chorus that you won’t be able to shake away.

Failsafe have worked hard to get to where they are now and if they continue to work at the pace and skill that they have been working at then there will be no stopping these lads, they have the energy of Kids In Glass Houses, the crunch and heavy riffs of Finch and the overall greatness of Brand New, now if that isn’t a winning formula then I don’t know what is.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Failsafe - Band
Jim (vocals, synths)
Matt (guitar, vocals)
Si (guitar)
Andy (bass)
Rob (drums)
 Track Listing
1. Only If We Learn
2. A Common Goal
3. Without Warning
4. Cities And Headlights
5. Hope
6. Mirror Mirror
7. Deadwood
8. Guilt On Dirty Hands
9. When Words Run Out
10. Help Yourself
11. Too Much To Ask
 Band Related Links
Failsafe Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?