1. The Hard Sell
2. Say Something
3. If I Wait Too Long
4. Year of the Dog
There's two sides to Forgotten Sleep. There's the poppy, commercial side that comes out like the Hives, the Arctic Monkeys et al and is demonstrated by the The Hard Sell and Year of the Dog. It's happy, upbeat, infectious, at times cheesy but in a pleasant way, and generally takes a fuckload of feel-good and piles on top a massive heap of more feel-good. Their other side is what you'd expect; a darker more emotive side with tender melodies over clever chord sequences akin to Radiohead and Queens of the Stone Age.
They should certainly concentrate most of their efforts on their lighter side though, and perhaps leave the darker stuff to one or two tracks on a full-length album.
It's good shit though, and a worthwhile enjoyable listen.
www.myspace.com/forgottensleep
Nik's rating for this CD is:
