ARM THE ELDERY

Arm The Elderly‏



Oooh, so many 'plus points' to talk about with Arm The Elderly. From the rather fantastic name to the uber-cool, post punk graphics that litter their site and posters.
If you lifted Rage Against The Machine out of the States and dropped them into Cork City. Throw in some traces of The Misfits, The Used, Rancid or maybe even early Therapy you may get close to where they're coming from. There are raucous but the very controlled aggression of vocals which successfully switch between a 'Rage' style rap to post punk singing to the trashy-but- very tight instrumentation. Throw in politically and socially sussed, articulate lyrics (especially on 'Catwalk Revolution' or 'The Desired Effect' ) with some cleverly arranged songs all done with an apparent passion for their subjects, you have a post modern punk rock, expertly executed and maintaining a the highest of standards.


In these days of record companies completely dictating styles of music and genres into neat little 'demographic boxes' ATE stretch the boundaries out a bit and open the mind as well as the ear in much the same way the RATM did back in the day. If you like your bands a bit more obvious and sitting in a nice polite space in HMV, it may not be for you, but I will definitely be looking out for ATE's debut album thats apparently in the pipeline, as every now and again a band pops up who successfully combine all the elements to produce something new and special. For my money Arm The Elderly have great qualities and even greater potential in spades. Excellent.
Review by Drumhead

RANK:****** 6 out of 6

www.myspace.com/armtheelderly