Rydell - Erratic Erotic

Track 5 from the album "Per Ardua Ad Astra".

One of the best British emo albums ever made.

The smokey atmospherics of Afghan Whigs, the twin vocal attack of Hot Water Music, gorgeous melodic arrangements a la Braid. Frankly, this is a quite fantastic collection of influences, and a suitably fantastic album.

The band is made up of former members of such UK bands as Couch Potatoes, Joeyfat, Wact and Rude Dog. Their collective experience enables them to embrace both the upbeat, poppier side of the emo genre - 'Why Couldn't We
Have Met In The Summer?' is Get Up Kids-meets-Promise Ring, and the less instant, more thoughtful side too - witness 'The Plot Is Lost', a laid-back, passionate beauty.

There are a lot of good British post-punk bands around, but few reach the heights of their American forefathers. Rydell do. And occasionally they go beyond them. Utterly brilliant.

Ashley Bird (Kerrang Reviewer).

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