Enchantingly Alluring
No strangers to the music world, The Corrections have been on the music radar under various guises for a number of years now. Previously releasing under the moniker of The Fallout Trust, the London based five piece have decided to stir things up a bit and do a touch of spring cleaning, throwing out their old name as they start a new life with EMI, a life that is destined to get them compared to Coldplay in everything they do but one that has allowed their atmospheric guitar based indie rock to truly shine and with debut album, ‘Repeat After Me’, The Corrections are out to prove that they are more than Coldplay’s shadow occupiers.
Chillingly weaving a venom spun web, ‘This Voice Is Not Your Voice’ opens proceedings with a spine tingling shock of menace as Joe Winter’s unnerving tone punctures the track with a sinister blast of contempt that brilliantly escalates before ‘OCD’ thumps in with a dark pop edge, unleashing a rousing hook ridden chorus amongst melodic guitars that are destined to embrace bursts of sing alongs in no time. And indeed this is the tone for the whole album as anthem striving track after anthem striving track is churned out with an effort sense of grace and ease. ‘Full Stop’ finds The Corrections with a heavy heart as Joe Winter’s compelling voice pierces and pounds with passion as he engagingly entrances with story telling lyrics that are wrapped in honesty. But there is more yet to some from Winter’s as he instantly flips to the menacing chill of ‘Straightjacket Sheets’, weaving a scary picture that is made all the more sinister by his threatening voice that truly adds a sense of foreboding to the song before the adrenaline stomp of ‘Barcodes’ stomps by erupting in a crescendo of frantically seething guitars and thumping drums.
Not everything is about hooks for The Corrections though and ‘Repeat After Me’ injects stabs of atmospheric driven splendour to tantalise also. Still laced with an irresistible melodic edge, ‘The Lighthouse’ takes the simplicity of a single guitar and builds upon, escalating with spine tingling affection until it explodes optimistic vitality whilst ‘I Won’t Leave If I Don’t Leave Now’ caresses the heartstrings as it slowly builds into a earth shattering wonder, leaving all breathless.
Strange as it may seem there comes a time when you just have to get on your knees and pray to be proven wrong, when you have to beg whatever higher being there maybe out there to let there be an exception to the rule and the release of The Corrections debut album, ‘Repeat After Me’ is one of those times. The thing is that however much you want to be wrong there is a niggling feeling that this is a band who are simply going to be lost in the crush as the guitar driven indie rockers. Hypnotically beautiful and imploringly effervescent, ‘Repeat After Me’ weaves a relentless spell with every tender beat making for an enchantingly alluring album that deserves to be heard and fingers crossed, will not fall foul of Coldplay comparisons and be swept idly aside.