Look Example has released what he calls his "rock" album but in the end it's the same stuff he's been doing all along. Sometimes it's pretty good other times its not but overall there is nothing truly different from all his stuff. The inclusion of Blur's Graham Coxon is somewhat disappointing but then again not kinda like that morning shower that you can't quite get warm enough but it does the job. If you really like The Muse and Linkin Park then this is pretty much copy cat territory in style but lacking the passion and intrinsic melding of hard rock and hip-hop and definitely missing the progressive dynamics and fireworks that both those bands effortlessly fuse into their individual sounds. I can't say I hate this album but will I be pulling it out to play often the answer is an absolute no! The album's most notable track if there really is such a thing is "Are You Sitting Comfortably" which seems to have been dug out of Fred Durst's back pocket.
All to often as pop, rap and dance continue to gleefully trumpet their global commercial prowess over poor old rock’n’roll, there’s been no bloody end of hip-hoppers, poppers and brosteppers lining up to proclaim “Ooh baby, I’m a rock star” and plant their flags into a fat pile of riffs. But from Rihanna to Lil Wayne to Tinie Tempah, the mainstream’s idea of what a rock star looks and sounds like always seems to come either from an ’80s chewing gum advert or from the bottom of Fred Durst’s baggy jeans pocket.
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