The Splendour

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Best Way To Make Money’

(Tinyclan Records)

The problem with The Splendour is they sound like too many bands at the same time, whilst the band itself flits about in insignificant background. ‘Money’ kinda does a Mansun hip-swagger minus androgynous blade-slashing; ‘Hope You’re Alright’ sorta pouts like Franz Ferdinand, but jowly. Excellent single ‘Audio’ does actually manage to square up to Kaiser Chiefs and flog Ricky Wilson’s skinny-twat arse, which is laudable but no big boast. They have proficiency, do The Splendour, and once they pin-point a uniqueness through the actually quite decent noise they make, anything’s possible. For now, they’re like the opening festival band whose songs do a half-decent job of sounding like the rest of the day’s bill. A career, yes – but there are better ways to make money.

Stephen Brolan