Fear The Foliage - Foiled and Foiled Again

Double double toil and trouble... apparently the guys at Fear The Foliage think their band name is cursed with an identity crisis. A camouflage too elusive for many to follow, radio presenters and promoters alike have regularly failed to see our leafy friends for who they are. That said, there's no hiding some good music here, so let's set a record straight and finally get in the obligatory mention here.

Having a refreshing humour in their approach to delivering anything they do, and what seems a mick-take on the formalities of British Radio at times, they've gradually degenerated back in time to rock close to the punk era. As a band who started out as a sub-Blur outfit taking inspiration from early Radiohead, Bloc Party, Gomez and Interpol, that degeneration is quite a relief. Their delivery may be a bit coarse for some to digest, but the choice of daring to be so is one worth tipping a hat to. Recent offerings 'Saviour' and 'All The Pinks and All The Greys' suggest that they may well have been listening to The Fall a bit of late, while the cageyness of influence in their earlier material fade into the gutter.

A number of tracks are available to download from their myspace along with a lot of home video footage and an acoustic performance from Balcony TV. As for when everyone will finally start getting their name right? Who knows. 7/10.

Related Links:

http://www.myspace.com/fearthefoliage