Single review: Chapel Club – All The Eastern Girls
For a band that have only released their first single a year ago and have yet to record an album, Chapel Club have been making quite a splash. Whether stories of telephone number contracts are true or not doesn’t really matter, the way the record companies seem to be falling over themselves to sign this bunch of lads from London, Leeds, Essex & Swindon suggests one of two things; either Chapel Club are the saviour of the British music industry or the record companies are so desperate to sign anything that they’ll do pretty much anything to sign anyone with a shred of a tune.
In this instance, while Chapel Club are probably not the saviour of the British music industry, there is something about their dark, melodramatic pop that deserves attention. There’s an undeniable similarity to the rousing synth rock of White Lies, though Chapel Club don’t come across quite so po-faced as McVeigh and chums, as well as shades of Joy Division and Interpol. What really makes it stand out though is their heavier tendencies. When ‘All The Eastern Girls’ reaches it climatic chorus guitars are heralded in by the drums and the rhythmic bass line is replaced by shoegaze worthy wall of sound. On the basis of this, if I owned a record company I’d probably join in the bundle too. 4/5
Mark Cousens
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