Single review: Needs Must – Thankyou For Choosing Us/Shrapnel Queen
Medway’s Needs Must were formed in 2007 by Patrick Minhard (vocal & guitar) and Brendan Esmonde (bass). After a couple of years gigging and building up a fanbase the band have finally released their debut single, the double A sided ‘Thankyou For Choosing Us’/'Sharpanel Queen’. Needs Must play a vibrant blend of punk and indie with the emphasis on indie. Lyrically wry and politically charged, ‘Thankyou For Choosing Us’ rallies against capitalism;‘The import rates are getting higher, All sold out to the biggest buyer, The fast food chains are getting fatter, Leaves our metabolism in a tatter’ sings vocalist Patrick in his gravelly Paul Weller-esque voice as guitars and drums explode around him. It’s a pretty good song, but I much prefer the excellent flipside ‘Shrapnel Queen’, musically a more interesting and lively affair. With a guitar riff borrowed from Oasis’ ‘The Importance of Being Idle’ and a lyrical reference to ‘Town Called Malice’ it’s not difficult to see where Needs Must’s influences are but there’s enough of their own personality stamped on this record to dissuade any accusations of being a pale imitation of those they admire. A promising start! 8/10
Mark Cousens
http://www.myspace.com/needsmustuk
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