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► So So Glos - Tourism/Terrorism (Album Review)
Tourism/Terrorism... Terrific!
By Alex Brady
“Tourism/Terrorism”, what we have here is an album by an American four-piece that go by the name of So So Glos. At face value, they seem to be a pretty standard post-punk American noise machine but look deeper and you get so much more.
Nine tracks, pretty simple in composition, but each one of them blazing brightly with aggression and an unmistakable cockney fever. The best comparison I can give you is a bloody-nosed rugby match between The Fratellis and The Libertines. “There’s a War” starts the album off with a pretty fragmented spoken word intro but once things get going the noises they produce, that pound along like a frustrated elephant that can’t find his wallet, take you to highs that identify this band, but always leave you needing another hit.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t all high voltage mosh-alongs. The stand out song, “Love or Empire”, lets you know that heart-felt mellows are a highlight of their repertoire. Keeping with the rugby analogy, this track is the introspective, nostalgic calm that wraps around you once the match has ended and the players have embraced each other for a game well played. It leaves you with some special memories and come the end of the album, a sense of satisfaction I doubt they could have achieved had every track been an oral riot.
Retro's Grade: 2:1
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