Sheffield based rock four piece, The Little Million have called their debut album ‘Satellite.’ It’s a hurtling space rock/emo mix the sole purpose of which seems to be to equate matters of the universe directly to their love life. Stop start pounding rhythms and pop harmonies introduce the predictable opening track which begins, ‘it’s you and me against the world.’ A fictional girlfriend takes on an alien invasion. ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,’ it aint!
It’s a turgid listen; every track seems to consist of the band yelling the title out repeatedly. This is never more apparent than on ‘Bring out the Blues.’ ‘Falling Apart,’ has some intricate hooks and vocal harmonies but of course repeats the same pattern. There is nothing worse than when a band commandeers a clichéd universal truth and adopts it as their own mantra. Ladies and gentlemen I give you ‘Some people are more equal than others.’
A little glimmer of hope comes later in the shape of ‘Too Little, Too Late,’ which is beautifully orchestrated and would work better as an instrumental piece were it not for the Biffy Clyro type vocal interjections. The album was produced by Carl Brown of Fightstar and Funeral for a Friend fame. In that instance the production can’t be faulted, to the point where it takes over from the content. Sadly someone seems to have forgotten the words, not to sing them but to write them! ‘You’ve got your finger on the trigger and you’re staring down the barrel of a gun,’ means nothing even when sound tracked by The War of The Worlds! Their strength definitely lies in the way they mix the hooks with the melody but Little Million can’t seem to decide what they are and so fail to appeal to either the rock or pop market fully.
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